Like holy shit they're already starting to ban Marx in Florida and Ukraine is arresting communists. Fuck fuck fuck what do we do fuck.
It doesn't even matter to people that Russia hasn't been communist for 30 years, they're still going to use this as an excuse to come for even the mildest of leftists eventually.
This shit reaks of the rise of Hitler just before WW2. Except this time all of Nato is going full Nazi.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Heck yeah, baby! The Roaring Twenties are back!
:foucault-madness:
Except this time we don't have Soviets to keep the fash in line
Truly terrifying, honestly. There's no countervailing force to oppose it this time. Hope for China, I guess.
Holding one to the hope that one day Xi would wake up and choose internationalism
China is acting materialist smart Imho.
The Soviet Union was large in land, but not so large in population or industrial capacitors and agricultural ones would only be produced later.
China got a huge population that is educated, the means of production of the world are for a good part within it's territory and keeping the position will only increase its position. Meanwhile the other global power and local power spheres will lose some influence.
The UK goes for nationalism now that it can't control the world trade, the US can't coup as easily as it could earlier.
Sure African countries were more involved in colonialist struggles back when the Soviet Union was and are now more bound into the hegemony of what is. But there is still some imperialism going on that can be resisted and I do have high hopes for African conscious in internationalist struggles cause of their countries former positions and historical struggles.
But with time when the abilities of China are high we might see some further stages of socialist thoughts exposing itself there. Maybe even within a few decades something that Western leftists won't decry and surely something that takes internationalism more serious (currently the trade China does is already a game changer for many places - including Cuba, Vietnam, etc.).
The West might force Xi onto the path of internationalism anyway with how hard its trying to encircle and destroy any countries which are friendly to China.