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?

  • sleepdealer [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Hasn't a lot changed in the 13 years since this was published? I would think the 2008 collapse and COVID-19 would at the very least support wider approval of SOEs and central planning.

    • anthm17 [he/him]
      3·
      4 years ago

      I don't know.

      I've been going through https://www.bannedthought.net/China/Individuals/XiJinping/XiJinping-TheGovernanceOfChina.pdf

      Some good some bad.