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I dont know what that was about, but it stopped a while ago afaik. And I’m not sure what exactly they mean by calling them “Marxists”, considering that everyone in China studies Marx in school.
The story is from a couple of years ago, so maybe that stuff got addressed since. There is a difference between studying Marx in school, and actually applying what you study in everyday life. I grew up in the Soviet Union, and we studied Marx and Lenin as well, but most people didn’t really think about theory or its application all that much unfortunately. And that’s what allowed Gorbachev and Yeltsin to do what they did. Now that people got to enjoy capitalism for a few decades they’re realizing what they lost, but clawing that back isn’t going to be easy now that Russia’s run by an oligarchy.
I understand the wisdom behind Deng’s reforms. Allowing Western companies in allowed for rapid technological growth and was likely a necessary evil to becoming a real superpower. The downside is that it created billionaires, and they have no place in a communist society in my opinion. I really hope China will eventually require all businesses to be cooperatively owned and proceed to eliminate the billionaire class.
As a side note, it’s also really unfortunate that the Soviet Union moving to do market reforms caused a break with China. Imagine the world today if China and USSR stayed on good terms at the time.
I dont know what that was about, but it stopped a while ago afaik. And I’m not sure what exactly they mean by calling them “Marxists”, considering that everyone in China studies Marx in school.
The story is from a couple of years ago, so maybe that stuff got addressed since. There is a difference between studying Marx in school, and actually applying what you study in everyday life. I grew up in the Soviet Union, and we studied Marx and Lenin as well, but most people didn’t really think about theory or its application all that much unfortunately. And that’s what allowed Gorbachev and Yeltsin to do what they did. Now that people got to enjoy capitalism for a few decades they’re realizing what they lost, but clawing that back isn’t going to be easy now that Russia’s run by an oligarchy.
I understand the wisdom behind Deng’s reforms. Allowing Western companies in allowed for rapid technological growth and was likely a necessary evil to becoming a real superpower. The downside is that it created billionaires, and they have no place in a communist society in my opinion. I really hope China will eventually require all businesses to be cooperatively owned and proceed to eliminate the billionaire class.
As a side note, it’s also really unfortunate that the Soviet Union moving to do market reforms caused a break with China. Imagine the world today if China and USSR stayed on good terms at the time.