• ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    There are always halfway points to devolopment in society; go read 'Critique of the german ideology' by Marx, he goes into stages of devolopments.

    To call it that would actually be exactly right, minus the 'real socialism' bit; My question is how do you build socialism? All at once? Was industrialization built in one motion? Slavery abolished in one step? Of course not, its a project to work towards; China is working towards it. It is 'real'.

      • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        Just because one socialist project collapsed (under intense seige of most global super powers) doesnt mean all are doomed to fail, or not worth pursuing.

        The chinese socialist project lives and is thriving, its not in an 80s death spiral like the USSR, its actually pulling ahead of america and is now the biggest economy on the planet due to socialist planning; this enables it to keep wages low due to the fact houses are all owned by the workers.

        Like in Shenzen, rent is 80% lower than in London on average; if you imagine how that reduces labour costs, when you dont need to pay rent. It increases competitveness. Shenzhen is also a much nicer city than London.