I think communists around the world should not ask themselves what position this places the west in but what position this places China in.
As I see it the only option for China is to aim to install pro-China governments around the world. This will come through either economic methods of unseating people or through supporting communists. I suspect both. China will not mind whether or not other countries are communist so long as they aren't anti-China. It will aim to strengthen whoever represents anyone that is not economically anti-China initially, and then at a later time anyone who is pro-China, and then anyone who is communist.
This is China's ONLY method to survive in the world as anti-China sentiment ramps upwards. The only sensible reaction China can possibly have is "remove the anti-China sentiment".
I think communists around the world should not ask themselves what position this places the west in but what position this places China in.
As I see it the only option for China is to aim to install pro-China governments around the world. This will come through either economic methods of unseating people or through supporting communists. I suspect both. China will not mind whether or not other countries are communist so long as they aren't anti-China. It will aim to strengthen whoever represents anyone that is not economically anti-China initially, and then at a later time anyone who is pro-China, and then anyone who is communist.
This is China's ONLY method to survive in the world as anti-China sentiment ramps upwards. The only sensible reaction China can possibly have is "remove the anti-China sentiment".