I don't really think having billionaires is keeping in line with Marxist-Leninist tendency. I'll support China's state capitalism in the same way that I'll support social-democratic politicans in the US, but it's important to acknowledge that they're just creating a less shitty version of capitalism. Capitalism's internal contradictions are still vibrantly alive in China, there's still a bourgeoisie whose existence relies entirely on the state. I might just be misunderstanding you, but saying it "hits different" seems to be minimizing the current flaws China has. While its less flawed than the West, it's still highly flawed and deserves criticism, imo.
"during which the proletariat’s struggle with the still-vibrant bourgeoisie would require a more intense struggle with the full weight of state power under Communist Party control being directed at the capitalist classes. Throughout this period, the restoration of capitalism would be a constant threat and the Communist Party could use any means necessary to destroy the capitalists’ social, economic and political power.”
what about this doesn't apply to what you've just said?
the “historical period of socialism” is fraught with the choices between a “capitalist-road” and there is still “the danger of capitalist restoration”
there are still classes, class contradictions, and class struggle
Mao literally writes all of this, and says that this phase covers a “considerably long historical period”
nothing about what you’ve written means that state capitalism isn’t the first step in the initial stage of socialism, lol
"during which the proletariat’s struggle with the still-vibrant bourgeoisie would require a more intense struggle with the full weight of state power under Communist Party control being directed at the capitalist classes. Throughout this period, the restoration of capitalism would be a constant threat and the Communist Party could use any means necessary to destroy the capitalists’ social, economic and political power.”
Is this a direct quote? I'm trying to find the source.
I don't really think having billionaires is keeping in line with Marxist-Leninist tendency. I'll support China's state capitalism in the same way that I'll support social-democratic politicans in the US, but it's important to acknowledge that they're just creating a less shitty version of capitalism. Capitalism's internal contradictions are still vibrantly alive in China, there's still a bourgeoisie whose existence relies entirely on the state. I might just be misunderstanding you, but saying it "hits different" seems to be minimizing the current flaws China has. While its less flawed than the West, it's still highly flawed and deserves criticism, imo.
"during which the proletariat’s struggle with the still-vibrant bourgeoisie would require a more intense struggle with the full weight of state power under Communist Party control being directed at the capitalist classes. Throughout this period, the restoration of capitalism would be a constant threat and the Communist Party could use any means necessary to destroy the capitalists’ social, economic and political power.”
what about this doesn't apply to what you've just said?
the “historical period of socialism” is fraught with the choices between a “capitalist-road” and there is still “the danger of capitalist restoration”
there are still classes, class contradictions, and class struggle
Mao literally writes all of this, and says that this phase covers a “considerably long historical period”
nothing about what you’ve written means that state capitalism isn’t the first step in the initial stage of socialism, lol
Is this a direct quote? I'm trying to find the source.
it's paraphrasing Lenin, but from a published source on CPC ideological development
https://books.google.com/books?id=g0PjFe5i0iEC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=%22and+the+period+of+the+dictatorship+of+the+proletariat+into+a+much+longer+historical+stage%22&source=bl&ots=W0T7oy-vp4&sig=ACfU3U2WvLEgwetSNe1_nmxPMMm9PfgSWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH1uqTr9HtAhURRKwKHZHeAJIQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=%22and%20the%20period%20of%20the%20dictatorship%20of%20the%20proletariat%20into%20a%20much%20longer%20historical%20stage%22&f=false