Oh God, oh shit, I said I wasn't going to do it. I said I wasn't going to start a China struggle session. Already getting flashbacks to the Discord.

But something just doesn't sit right with me and wanted to get some clarification here...

My question is this: why does China ban labor organizing/unions?

Is this yikes/intentional/actually a good thing?

(Yeah, I do know that labor unions are not always unequivocally good and sometimes they act more like middle management than as representatives of the workers... but democratizing the workplace seems like a no-brainer for any socialist project.)

Thoughts?

    • anthm17 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      They couped keynesian capitalists in the third world a bunch of times

      their enforcement arms like the CIA absolutely care about ideology, to the degree that they think it will be acted on. And their imaginations are pretty wild, you don’t get to work at a place like that if you’re not a paranoid anticommunist.

      That's true, but I think they didn't do it because they know they would lose.

      Doing a coup against Allende or Sakarto after you spent years making inroads with the army (and/or have the support of the wealthy elite) is a lot different than trying to displace a government that just won a civil war and has the backing of the people's army.

      Plus in the end it's a lot easier to win by just sitting back once the revisionists take power.