• thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Yeah, plus Cuba is not a threat to global American hegemony in any serious way. A truly red China would have been the target for the neocon freaks who took over in the early 2000s were it not "opened up" to the West. Of course the CPC went far too much into market openness in many areas, and there was a real possibility of the fall of the communist system entirely. Thankfully it looks like that path has been closed by Xi and the left wing of the party, who are beginning to correct the excesses of the Reform period. :inshallah-script: they'll bring back universal healthcare in the next decade.

    • newerAccountWhoDis [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I think it's funny how western propaganda has build this whole myth of China being not really communist because of the reforms. At the same time, these reforms are supposed to be good, because communism is evil. The cognitive dissonance is mind boggling.