Since 1976, communism has gone in a downward spiral. However, this is only temporary. As Mao said, the road has twists and turns, but the future is bright!
Since 1976, communism has gone in a downward spiral. However, this is only temporary. As Mao said, the road has twists and turns, but the future is bright!
Makes sense, in general the timing more or less line up. In China, with Mao's death and Deng's liberalization things deteriorated significantally with ~1990s being the rock bottom. All the while soviet union crumbles under gorbachev. Only good thing Deng did was sending in the tanks or else China would look like one of the many failed states in the former ussr. The conditions certainly improved over the last few decades, but by no means are they close to ideal, or even good.
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no, it is called being chinese and a principled communist.
Deng made a lot of compromises with western capitalists that only really look good in hindsight. In the moment, it looked and felt like a capitulation. And there's still a lot of questions as to whether Deng took the best path or simply the most expedient.
Marx would tell you that a period of capital accumulation had to happen. And modern Marxists might even tell you that the USSR failed because it didn't efficiently accumulate capital in the wake of the revolution. But the Chinese have made their own missteps. There's plenty to criticize, even if it does look like they're coming out ahead in the end.