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?
Almost certainly not at this juncture.
China ceased exporting socialism years ago. Maybe we’ll see it revive those roots later on, but right now its position internationally is peaceful co-development. The one saving grace is that it’s happy to assist countries otherwise frozen out by the USA.