For real, it's the one thing giving me hope for the future

  • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Deng Xiaoping Theory has literally eradicated misery on a scale and at a speed never seen before. If China continued down there path Mao set, it would've collapsed decades ago and China would be on par with Nigeria at best. It's not sexy and romantic or epic and based, but it fucking works. China could've transitioned to socialism 30 years ago and been about as prosperous as the USSR but it would suffer from the same contradictions that led to the USSR's collapse. Maybe they're bullshitting and will never transition. Maybe they're forreal and will actually go through with it. Either way they're resisting US Imperialism and lifting people out of poverty at an extremely fast rate, while providing global south countries with the means to improve their own lot. That's good enough for me.___