I’d caution against taking too much away from the River Elegy, mind. It was a current of thought, but the tide has turned against that sort of inferiority complex. As you note yourself, it ended up banned.
On the note of neoliberalism, I’d encourage you to check out Document 9, which outlines seven ideological trends to reject. You’ll note that number four is neoliberalism and extensive privatisation.
Neoliberalism undoubtedly had an impact on China, but at the same time it’s not outright neoliberal in ideology. For instance, the largest economic entity in the world is the holding entity for China’s SoEs.
Overall, Chapo should learn more about China. I’d suggest doing so from a perspective that it’s a Communist Party managing a society in flux, with all the flaws of a material world, and imperfect people and systems. That means critically analysing, without concluding every second sentence that it’s either a workers’ utopia or the same old capitalism.
There’s a certain trend in the left to think in absolute terms of purity. This article makes the case that it’s a holdover from Christianity’s influence on the western psyche. I’m not saying vote for Biden—but you should be able to look at what a socialist project is and isn’t, without jumping to deify or condemn it.
The maker’s been sued by the students for including footage of a leader saying the goal was to provoke a bloodbath, while it’s also been banned in China. So yes, it’s about as evenhanded as you could hope for.
I’d caution against taking too much away from the River Elegy, mind. It was a current of thought, but the tide has turned against that sort of inferiority complex. As you note yourself, it ended up banned.
On the note of neoliberalism, I’d encourage you to check out Document 9, which outlines seven ideological trends to reject. You’ll note that number four is neoliberalism and extensive privatisation.
Neoliberalism undoubtedly had an impact on China, but at the same time it’s not outright neoliberal in ideology. For instance, the largest economic entity in the world is the holding entity for China’s SoEs.
Overall, Chapo should learn more about China. I’d suggest doing so from a perspective that it’s a Communist Party managing a society in flux, with all the flaws of a material world, and imperfect people and systems. That means critically analysing, without concluding every second sentence that it’s either a workers’ utopia or the same old capitalism.
There’s a certain trend in the left to think in absolute terms of purity. This article makes the case that it’s a holdover from Christianity’s influence on the western psyche. I’m not saying vote for Biden—but you should be able to look at what a socialist project is and isn’t, without jumping to deify or condemn it.
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