undefined> another EDIT: I'd like to add a point: they kill way more rich people than other countries (though the numbers are sometimes exaggerated). That sounds like a really crass thing to say, as though I'm just reveling in people I don't like being killed, but it genuinely signals that the capitalists do not own China like they do the rest of the world, because if they did, they wouldn't let themselves be killed so damn much! China holds them accountable to the law like everybody else.
Ya I feel this - my thought in this regard has always been "I don't like the death penalty, but holding the capitalist elite to account in some way is better than not, even if I don't agree with the exact method." (And before someone comes after me for this, I do agree that ofc some amount of executions would be & have been politically necessary in a revolutionary scenario but I don't think that's exactly apples to apples).
I'm not sure where I stand on the death penalty either but I think the executions can be viewed as part of the ongoing class struggle
The point of killing capitalists is the fear that they will re-organize with their connections and remaining power and start a counterrevolution against the people. You can strip a capitalist of all their assets and capital but they will undoubtedly still have wealthy friends and a deep network. Perhaps executing capitalists that the CPC deems has deeply wronged the people is a necessity
That is totally possible, I could see a compelling argument for that. And again, I think it's far preferable to what we have in the West (let the elite run roughshod and shamelessly cater all of our social structures to their needs/allow them to dictate the nature of our social structures). There's simply a lot of context and nuance I really just don't have access to. I am also grateful to be some nobody and not the person who has to make these life or death policy decisions lol
undefined> another EDIT: I'd like to add a point: they kill way more rich people than other countries (though the numbers are sometimes exaggerated). That sounds like a really crass thing to say, as though I'm just reveling in people I don't like being killed, but it genuinely signals that the capitalists do not own China like they do the rest of the world, because if they did, they wouldn't let themselves be killed so damn much! China holds them accountable to the law like everybody else.
Ya I feel this - my thought in this regard has always been "I don't like the death penalty, but holding the capitalist elite to account in some way is better than not, even if I don't agree with the exact method." (And before someone comes after me for this, I do agree that ofc some amount of executions would be & have been politically necessary in a revolutionary scenario but I don't think that's exactly apples to apples).
I'm not sure where I stand on the death penalty either but I think the executions can be viewed as part of the ongoing class struggle
The point of killing capitalists is the fear that they will re-organize with their connections and remaining power and start a counterrevolution against the people. You can strip a capitalist of all their assets and capital but they will undoubtedly still have wealthy friends and a deep network. Perhaps executing capitalists that the CPC deems has deeply wronged the people is a necessity
That is totally possible, I could see a compelling argument for that. And again, I think it's far preferable to what we have in the West (let the elite run roughshod and shamelessly cater all of our social structures to their needs/allow them to dictate the nature of our social structures). There's simply a lot of context and nuance I really just don't have access to. I am also grateful to be some nobody and not the person who has to make these life or death policy decisions lol