Read all of it. The reason I posted it wasn’t because I wanted to give whatever half-baked take the neocons have about the Party’s motivation. Rather, it’s about what the neocons fear, and what they fear is China thriving in a multilateral world, and the China Model being looked on as a role model by oppressed nations.
Fine, call it the early stages of socialist construction, if that fits your definitional sensibilities better.
What we know is that it’s seen the most significant reduction in extreme poverty ever, massive construction of public infrastructure, huge rises in living conditions, overwhelming public support, and considerable assistance to the global south, with a capacity for directing resources according to use value, and the ability to reinvent itself when necessary. We also know that it’s considered substantially different by the governing structure of the capitalist world, and that they’re terrified of it.
Regardless of whether you think that cat is black or white, it’s sure catching a lot of rats.
The USA, as a capitalist powerhouse, was a progressive force in the world for a while. Now it’s pretty clearly a global reactionary force, in both action and intent.
Maybe at some point the CPC will become a reactionary force, but that day isn’t today.
Re surplus value being extracted: that’s in-line with what Marx proposes in Critique. Surplus can still be extracted for common endeavours. Now, there’s also considerable surplus going to private hands, and some of that even ends up in endeavours not conducive to the common good, but the lion’s share ends up under the purview of the Party, for developmental purposes.
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Read all of it. The reason I posted it wasn’t because I wanted to give whatever half-baked take the neocons have about the Party’s motivation. Rather, it’s about what the neocons fear, and what they fear is China thriving in a multilateral world, and the China Model being looked on as a role model by oppressed nations.
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Fine, call it the early stages of socialist construction, if that fits your definitional sensibilities better.
What we know is that it’s seen the most significant reduction in extreme poverty ever, massive construction of public infrastructure, huge rises in living conditions, overwhelming public support, and considerable assistance to the global south, with a capacity for directing resources according to use value, and the ability to reinvent itself when necessary. We also know that it’s considered substantially different by the governing structure of the capitalist world, and that they’re terrified of it.
Regardless of whether you think that cat is black or white, it’s sure catching a lot of rats.
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Socialism isn’t utopian. It’s progressive.
The USA, as a capitalist powerhouse, was a progressive force in the world for a while. Now it’s pretty clearly a global reactionary force, in both action and intent.
Maybe at some point the CPC will become a reactionary force, but that day isn’t today.
Re surplus value being extracted: that’s in-line with what Marx proposes in Critique. Surplus can still be extracted for common endeavours. Now, there’s also considerable surplus going to private hands, and some of that even ends up in endeavours not conducive to the common good, but the lion’s share ends up under the purview of the Party, for developmental purposes.
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