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?
The better of the Washington Thinktanks disagree with you.
If you actually look into it, Xi’s anti-corruption campaign is creating governance structures for rooting out corruption, and it has demonstrable effect.
Those particularly close to Xi seem to be somewhat isolated, but it’s far from just a populist excuse to purge rivals. It’s institutional change, to counteract the very kinds of problems you’ve highlighted.