Great tool to radicalize people, though as marxists we shouldn’t define ourselves by our direct contribution to the almighty GDP.

Some jobs don’t produce a form of wealth or labour you can extract, all while still contributing to a prosperous society.

inZOI is probably the only real competition left that is worth rooting for. But then again, it’s Korean and likely always online, so imagine to be charged hand over fist.

TIL. Apart from being cool dude, are there any of his ideas that really stand out to you?

Camus

Going by the political section of his Wikipedia entry, he doesn’t seem too much of a leftist. Then again, I know only of the name, not his content.

As a Westerner that attends public events I attract these people indoctrinated by Western propaganda like flies. IF China was an dystopian authoritarian police state they would’ve hired me by now to supply them with names.

There are tons of anti-CPC arguments one can make, especially by looking at past mistakes and ignoring the subsequent work that has gone into rectifying those mistakes. Heck there are various one issue movements in China that push back against some of what the CPC does.

But, seeing as HK protestors cling onto Pooh memes: it’s 100% obvious that it’s a foreign op.

Here I was thinking that you were talking about books, and wanted to talk about how Chinese bookstores with dedicated English non-fiction sections shelve the same alt-right tech-bro fiction you find in the US.

But, no. It’s just Pooh and Tank man memes, and thus I’m kind of disappointed.

Great. Another factoid I can throw at people

And then they get demoted, right? Right?!

Such news is only leaked because it creates public sentiment for more public spending towards war. All of you are revelling in the “Haha, those krauts guns don’t work” and miss the bigger picture as to why this is reported in a major publication.

People in governance and the party come from the ordinary people. The country however isn’t directly run by the people, due to the responsibilities and capacity the identity as a party member or someone in governance entails you there is a separation. There is a reason for the distinction, because as a party member you have to exclude yourself and the other people in the party from the ordinary people. Because you’re working for the prosperity of the ordinary people, and that doesn’t include party members. If it did it’d become an excuse for corruption.

Saying the people are in charge leaves out a lot of nuance.

They do talk about class struggle, it’s part of the high school curriculum for the course “思想政治”, ideology and politics course. Also, you can look at the three represents, which tackles the class question.

There is a point where class struggle has to take the back seat in a socialist controlled country for you to properly levy your productive forces and create cohesion. Constantly fighting the forces within when bourgeois forces don’t hold political power is self-defeating.

Just wealth transfers to the rich, nothing to see here.

Couldn’t tell you. Got banned during the first months of COVID from a dozen of them.

I’ve learned you can quote Chinese post-Mao socialist theory as long as you don’t accredit the source.

Going on Discord to ask recommendations past beginner reading lists and memes is probably just a waste of time. Sadly there are few orgs who are better.

I’m giving you a like not because I like what you say but because I appreciate your reply.

I wasn’t really a gotcha though… Just want to equate the Netherlands, my place of birth, with something else than the feeling of dread and misery.

Any socialist party in the Netherlands who aren’t larping, reformist, or infighting?

It’s more that the the revolution came to a crescendo in 1949, fighting still continued after 1949 when they formed the PRC, but armed revolt started in 1927 with the Nanchang Uprising.

Feels like it still falls in the realm of larping.

If you don’t enjoy doing your hobby unless you’re producing something of substance that can help you receive praise from others. Is it really a hobby you do for the sake of personal enjoyment and growth or just something you think society views as a worthwhile past time you’ve latched onto just to get validation?