Fortunately the Xi coup rumors are probably false. We need Our Man In The Politburo to stay there and keep messing things up if we're going to have another American Century...— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) September 25, 2022
And is thus preventing China from becoming an epic Liberal Democracy, sparing the West from China's rise.
He's "right" for the wrong reasons, typical of reactionaries; Xi is a comparative moderate in the upper echelons of the Chinese govt. He's a dedicated marxist theorist and a real believer. This is not true for others. There are plenty of liberals (i.e. hypercapitalists) and straight-up reactionary nationalists and more than a few of the latter are militarists in the PLA or with strong connections to it. People who would be even less hesitant to press the button, as it were. A coup or color revolution would by necessity mandate that one of these other factions comes out on top, and that's where the real danger would come. Xi keeps these other factions in check, so it goes without saying that Xi is, in fact, the best possible person in government, for both practical and socialist reasons.
He's "right" for the wrong reasons, typical of reactionaries; Xi is a comparative moderate in the upper echelons of the Chinese govt. He's a dedicated marxist theorist and a real believer. This is not true for others. There are plenty of liberals (i.e. hypercapitalists) and straight-up reactionary nationalists and more than a few of the latter are militarists in the PLA or with strong connections to it. People who would be even less hesitant to press the button, as it were. A coup or color revolution would by necessity mandate that one of these other factions comes out on top, and that's where the real danger would come. Xi keeps these other factions in check, so it goes without saying that Xi is, in fact, the best possible person in government, for both practical and socialist reasons.