minus-squarealicirce@lemmygrad.mltoGenZedong@lemmygrad.ml•How can we answer the question "China is revisionist because of billionaires in the party?"linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoMaybe you find this essay has some useful ways to think about it: https://redsails.org/china-has-billionaires/ It quotes from mainstream media sources to support the charge that the communist party keeps their reins on the billionaires in a way that just doesn’t happen in capitalist countries, with an eye towards long term goals. linkfedilink
minus-squarealicirce@lemmygrad.mltoComradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•I've noticed something about anarchists that i find pretty funny: they'll praise marxist revolutions and revolutionaries AS LONG AS they dont actually succeed.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoit’s very good 😊 linkfedilink
minus-squarealicirce@lemmygrad.mltoComradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•I've noticed something about anarchists that i find pretty funny: they'll praise marxist revolutions and revolutionaries AS LONG AS they dont actually succeed.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 year agoYeah, definitely! Once you win a revolution, you have to govern, and that inolves rules and tradeoffs etc. You might like this essay: Western Marxism, the Fetish for Defeat, and Christian Culture linkfedilink
Maybe you find this essay has some useful ways to think about it: https://redsails.org/china-has-billionaires/
It quotes from mainstream media sources to support the charge that the communist party keeps their reins on the billionaires in a way that just doesn’t happen in capitalist countries, with an eye towards long term goals.