Yeah, Xi abolishing term limits is kinda sus if viewed in isolation, but it allows him and his regime to not have to worry about getting reelected in the short term, which is a big flaw of democracy in my opinion. Making radical changes can absolutely suck for many people in the short-term, even if it would be beneficial in the long run, and as the last two years (and most of capitalist history) has shown us, people don't really think further ahead than next week. So even if a party actually tried to do good things, people would fucking hate having to make even the most minor concessions and go back to electing ghouls.
Xi doesn't have to worry about that. He has the power to make actual, drastic changes and the millions of people who prefer short-term comfort over long-term improvement can go cry a river, basically.
tbh even with multi party sytem introduced rn the cpc is so popular and Xi the by far least corrupt and most left president since deng that you would see at worst a Chavez situation of sweeping elections despite insane levels of undermining. But nothing really is gained even considering that the chinese system is far from perfect or ideal.
Nothing is gained cause the political wings inside the 90 million member CPC are of more political variety than most western parliementary "democracies" and their relative degree of presence and support from the people ideologicaly and within the party determine shift and changes in China's policy more effectively than change in governing parties has shifted any policies in western countries. And for the individual democratic and grassroots participation and voting at the local and lower levels is available for all and along with in party pressure, political struggle , groups and movements there are more than enough democratic avenues to make any change towards a more western liberal democracy a step down. And that can be true while thinking that as a socialist the CPC is still far behind in the democratic and worker's power avenues and structures i would like them to have.
Only thing that would be accomplished by multi party term limit system is for the CPC to gain legitimacy in the eyes of A MINORITY of westerners , a minority of wetern leftists even. And thats without considering the thousand ways it could fuck up everything china has accomplished and make it stagnant and inefficient and the thousand more ways the west would gainfor destabilization and astroturfing
Yeah, Xi abolishing term limits is kinda sus if viewed in isolation, but it allows him and his regime to not have to worry about getting reelected in the short term, which is a big flaw of democracy in my opinion. Making radical changes can absolutely suck for many people in the short-term, even if it would be beneficial in the long run, and as the last two years (and most of capitalist history) has shown us, people don't really think further ahead than next week. So even if a party actually tried to do good things, people would fucking hate having to make even the most minor concessions and go back to electing ghouls.
Xi doesn't have to worry about that. He has the power to make actual, drastic changes and the millions of people who prefer short-term comfort over long-term improvement can go cry a river, basically.
tbh even with multi party sytem introduced rn the cpc is so popular and Xi the by far least corrupt and most left president since deng that you would see at worst a Chavez situation of sweeping elections despite insane levels of undermining. But nothing really is gained even considering that the chinese system is far from perfect or ideal.
Nothing is gained cause the political wings inside the 90 million member CPC are of more political variety than most western parliementary "democracies" and their relative degree of presence and support from the people ideologicaly and within the party determine shift and changes in China's policy more effectively than change in governing parties has shifted any policies in western countries. And for the individual democratic and grassroots participation and voting at the local and lower levels is available for all and along with in party pressure, political struggle , groups and movements there are more than enough democratic avenues to make any change towards a more western liberal democracy a step down. And that can be true while thinking that as a socialist the CPC is still far behind in the democratic and worker's power avenues and structures i would like them to have.
Only thing that would be accomplished by multi party term limit system is for the CPC to gain legitimacy in the eyes of A MINORITY of westerners , a minority of wetern leftists even. And thats without considering the thousand ways it could fuck up everything china has accomplished and make it stagnant and inefficient and the thousand more ways the west would gainfor destabilization and astroturfing
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