on the socialist character of china
@yogthos @ArindamTo clarify, I'm not saying the Socialist Content of the PRC means nothing, and i think there are genuine socialist aspects to the current system that have survived Dengism, there are many positive and democratic aspects to china that gets ignored, when it comes to labor relations or local municipalities or internal decision making within the CPC, this actually gives me hope, considering all the militant unionism that's been happening in China.
The importance of getting this right lies in Solidarity with chinese workers, who often are eploited by the exact same transnational mega-corporations that we in the west are struggling against. Imagine the damage we could do to Apple if unions in California coordinated with those in China. We should combat racist ant-communist fearmongering about China, but it's just a fact that the CPC leadership is full of ambitious and currupt bourgeois, and everywhere workers are oppressed by capitalists, even if the capitalist calls themselves socialist.
And i mean hey, planning is good, having nationalized industries and strong regulations are just good governance, I would even say many of Deng's early reforms were perfectly fine, loosening restrictions on small proprietors, a little market activity is fine, but then there's all the big megacorporations and their direct ties to Western Finance and Big Tech, these are our enemies here and they're the enemies of Chinese workers.