The disastrous implications of lifting Zero-COVID in China
www.wsws.org
The objective laws of viral transmission mean that any shift away from a Zero-COVID elimination strategy carries with it the potential for the situation to quickly spiral out of control.

(note: while WSWS (trot site) uses CCP instead of CPC, they generally have good takes on China and support China against US imperialism)

(note: to clarify, this article is in support of Zero-COVID and sees the lifting of the policy as a grave mistake)

(note: i do not necessarily support all the shit wsws says i am not a fucking trot)

  • Spectre_of_Z_poster [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Utopian is when you demand the entire world reverse course, go back in time 2 years, enact a competent pandemic response when there’s no political will to do so whatsoever. Failing that you demand the one competent country hobble itself forever

      • Spectre_of_Z_poster [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Trot left anti-communist going against the internal policies of Actually Existing Socialism, demanding policies where you have no say in the continued tradition of western chauvinists

        • DigimonOtis [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          anti-communism is when you say countries that still grew and thrives during the pandemic shouldn't cripple their population for global capital markets.

          • Spectre_of_Z_poster [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            The people and party who led those successful policies are still in charge and are the ones controlling policy. Do you support them or not?

            Do you understand governing a modern nation and complex economy takes a delicate, dialectical process of weighing several contradictory forces? A dogmatic or ultra stance is often at odds with reality and will cause disasters. The CPC is walking a fine line and dodging contradictions and mitigating them, I trust they know what they are doing here.

          • DigimonOtis [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            "Oh, we're so crippled. China's actually finished due to zero COVID. ""the economy"" can't take it."
            -Liberals in China, liberals on this site

              • DengXixian [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                bizarre that you're reading such a statement into that. did you read the article OP linked? it's unhinged and not backed by actual policy.

                also I am a proud Dengist, in case that isn't clear.

              • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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                2 years ago

                No, the party understands that the Chinese people don't actually like zero-Covid, but merely tolerate it for the sake of public health but that their patience has a limit. This discrepancy, if left unchecked, will metastasize into resentment over the party and eventually, jeopardize the socialist project. Public health is one thing, but the continuation of the socialist project is another.

              • Spectre_of_Z_poster [they/them]
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                2 years ago

                Keep replying to yourself and arguing in circles with bold proclamations, such a perfect allegory for the western trot left