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Marxist-Leninist ☭

Interested in Marxism-Leninism, but don’t know where to start? Check out my Marxist-Leninist study guides, both basic and advanced!

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  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlLemmy liberals:
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    When did I say China is a paradise? My point is that the socialist system in China is great, not perfect, not merely passable, but from my view as a Statesian it is moving forward and shows no signs of this slowing. As the country I reside in bombs other countries into submission, plunders the global south, and kills protestors and marginalized populations on stolen land, it’s hard not to admire the working system in China.

    China should be criticized, but this should be done on the basis of meaningful critique. When blanket half-truths and falsehoods are disguised as “critique,” this just serves to legitimize the US Empire’s antagonism. For example, if I say McDonalds would be better off if they stopped putting cyanide in 10% of their burgers, this doesn’t actually add anything. It isn’t critique, it’s nonsense.


  • I don’t have a link, unfortunately.

    Either way, the PRC does admit to flaws and problems. The method of criticism and self-criticism is applied in China. Further, the government isn’t run by a “bunch of horny greedy assholes.” Corruption exists to a certain degree, but the CPC regularly cracks down on this, rather than allowing it to flourish. It seems, above all, that you’re letting your distrust of government in general cause you to magnify problems in China beyond their real existence in order to equate it to capitalist states.


  • I have never lived in China, no, but the textbook I provided is an overview of the real systems that exist, flaws and all, combined with the theoretical reasoning for the structures and the reasons they have changed over time, their history. That’s why I added that socialist democracy is imperfect, but it stands in stark contrast to the utter failure that is capitalist democracy, and I listed the reasons why.


  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlLemmy liberals:
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    The Chinese political system is based on whole-process people’s democracy, a form of consultative democracy. The local government is directly elected, and then these governments elect people to higher rungs, meaning any candidate at the top level must have worked their way up from the bottom and directly proved themselves. Moreover, the economy in the PRC is socialist, with public ownership as the principle aspect of the economy. Combining this consultative, ground-up democracy with top-down economic planning is the key to China’s success.

    The US Empire, on the other hand, has private ownership as principle, with top-down “democracy.” Candidates are pre-selected, and term limits ensure that even if a genuine socialist won, they would not be able to sufficiently change the system. It’s designed for maintaining the dominance of capital.

    I highly recommend Roland Boer’s Socialism in Power: On the History and Theory of Socialist Governance. Socialist democracy has been imperfect, but has gone through a number of changes and adaptations over the years as we’ve learned more from testing theory to practice. Boer goes over the history behind socialist democracy in this textbook.















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