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  • Hungover [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I hope so, but I got called an ultraleft who doesn't understand material conditions when I said it's bad that China privatized healthcare / let Amerikkkan fast food companies in the country.

    • CorporalMinicrits [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      China is a transitionary state and they have a lot of public hospitals. The way they run them is worthy of criticism, but there are options for people of less means. About the fast food thing, I really don’t know. China had done much worse recently than let fast food companies in. Also, don’t say Amerikkka that’s cringe af

      • Pezevenk [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Well, a capitalist/imperialist world is literally our material conditions right now, should we just ignore that?

        No, but this is what makes a state necessary in the first place... External conflicts aren't the only reason it didn't go "as planned" of course, but they are a big reason why, but that was part of the "planning". The silent assumption behind saying that the state will wither, is that eventually the revolution would have spread to the rest of Europe, which didn't happen of course. The issue is that no one has ever figured out a way that doesn't involve assuming state power which can be effectively maintain gains made for a long time and in a large scale, especially in today's environment.