Obviously, police and military monopoly of power is last resort.
What do, though?
though seriously, you need to hit the funding sources. In this century, it’s all about the Benjamins. American soft power ain’t what it used to be with their old VoA crap. These color revolutions now get organized off of people being paid extremely lucratively in USD compared to your weak local currency. You can’t allow people’s full time job to be overthrowing you. Bust up their NGOs and drown them in lawfare. There’s a reason all these post-Soviet States are throwing temper tantrums over “Putinist foreign agent laws”: they work. In a capitalist economy the people are always going to feel aggrieved and American agents will exploit that and twist it to liberal ends, “anti corruption” movements are the classic slogan. What they don’t tell you is that the plan is to just privatize and outsource the corruption, not eradicate it.
Furthermore, give yourself output legitimacy by increasing the standard of living among the population however you can, that’s part of the deal of being long time government leader. Conveniently, socialist policies are a sustainable way to accomplish that, though you will have to subdue your domestic bourgeoisie first which is easier said than done under imperialist pressure. Cutting a deal with them may be easier but dangerous long term.
just don’t borrow from the IMF. You and your minions can be corrupt but not lavishly so
Make examples of those who overstep and abuse their power, and pay your internal security well.Thanks, Brace Belden, for these rules of life
Keep NGO’s on a short leash. Shut down any media, organisation or party related to the US security state, or at least innoculate the population against them by demanding full transparency about their funding and pointing out who pays them. Mobilize the masses to show support (has worked in Cuba). Treat members of your security forces well and weed out reactionary elements.
Most important: Do not be an incompetent and corrupt prick that people are genuinely fed up with. Do good governance, even though times are tough due to US economic warfare. Be as honest and transparent as possible about the priorities you make and the scope of the problems you face and be in constant connection to the masses so you know what problems they face and how your decisions impact them.
Prevent it through prohibition of private media, and don’t turn the economy of your country into a treat competition between you and the US
treat competition between you and the US
Elaborate exactly on which cases did that happen? That seems awfully specific
Soviet economy openly attempted to overtake the US in consumption standards, which is 1) difficult when you wanna do it for everyone instead of abusing exploitation of immigrants and unequal exchange 2) undesirable because the objective of socialism isn’t to have more consumer goods (as long as the material needs of people are covered).
What’s the difference between material needs and treats? You can’t end your provision of people’s needs partway, isn’t this why China is taking the “poverty isn’t socialism” road?
Material need: everyone having access to quality housing, food, energy, clothing, and appliances that make their lives easier such as fridges or washing machines.
Treat: 24 different brands of frozen pizza, cheap jeans and fast fashion, changing your TV every 4 years, and hear me out, a car per household.
The line is arbitrary, but then again morality is subjective.
As for China taking the “poverty isn’t socialism line”, while I agree with the idea that communism isn’t a poverty cult, I carefully disagree with the methodology of the CPC in terms of economics until they decide to eliminate the bourgeoisie as a class in their country, and to bring socialism on a worldwide scale. I don’t know how far I can trust the CPC in their intentions to do so, but the modern Chinese state is not to me an example of the society I want, and I will accept that it’s a worthwhile path to socialism when they actually do the turn and eliminate the bourgeois and move towards a centrally planned economy. My hope is that I’m wrong and China will finally step up in the following decades after overtaking the US
Serve the people faithfully to prevent it, and enlist the ones you trust in Committees for the Defense of the Revolution to combat it.
They draw in the petite bourgeoisie. Deal with their class interests.
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Whatever you said, I’m pretty sure, must be of substance
It wasn’t lol, to the extent that I do not remember it
