I think a lot of western leftists are, on some level, actually quite afraid of the military and economic hegemony of the imperial core that they live in being torn down here and now. That's why they endlessly pick away at socialist projects that are a true threat to the imperial core, while cheerleading projects that are manifestly not threats or have already failed.
Even State capitalism is a leap in the right direction
It presumes the state is ultimately in charge of the economy and therefore subject to pressure from workers
What we have now is the Mega corps who have risen above all governments and countries described in cyber punk novels who have zero allegiance to any state
Yes, the state controls the commanding heights of the economy, and yes, the state is controlled by one Communist Party... but what people often leave out of this narrative is that this one party is unlike the parliamentary parties of western liberals. This communist party is a mass party made up of a huge chunk of the population with people coming from mostly working class and peasant backgrounds.
The magnitude and the class composition of the party makes it fundamentally different than if it was state capitalism with one elitist bourgeois party controlling the economy.
Vietnam is hardly even state capitalist anymore, there has been mass privatization of the state owned sector and it's continuing rapidly. The same cannot really be said about China.
I think a lot of western leftists are, on some level, actually quite afraid of the military and economic hegemony of the imperial core that they live in being torn down here and now. That's why they endlessly pick away at socialist projects that are a true threat to the imperial core, while cheerleading projects that are manifestly not threats or have already failed.
there is also a fear that the so-called AES states are not actually socialist/will never be communists. We'll be stuck with state capitalism.
Even State capitalism is a leap in the right direction
It presumes the state is ultimately in charge of the economy and therefore subject to pressure from workers
What we have now is the Mega corps who have risen above all governments and countries described in cyber punk novels who have zero allegiance to any state
Actually Existing Socialism:
Yes, the state controls the commanding heights of the economy, and yes, the state is controlled by one Communist Party... but what people often leave out of this narrative is that this one party is unlike the parliamentary parties of western liberals. This communist party is a mass party made up of a huge chunk of the population with people coming from mostly working class and peasant backgrounds.
The magnitude and the class composition of the party makes it fundamentally different than if it was state capitalism with one elitist bourgeois party controlling the economy.
Vietnam is hardly even state capitalist anymore, there has been mass privatization of the state owned sector and it's continuing rapidly. The same cannot really be said about China.
you mentioned vietnam twice?
Edited, China is still full of state owned enterprises.