Hello! I would like to start off by apologizing because I know a thread like this gets posted every other day and it can border on (or actually be) concern-trolling, but I wanted to get a rough survey of opinions here on a topic.
Specifically, do you have any criticisms of China’s contemporary culture? Its government? What are they?
I’m of the opinion that there are a lot of low-hanging fruit in this regard, like the patriarchal social order that [whatever one might say about its status in other nations] is certainly an ongoing problem for the matter of women’s liberation. I also think it’s both socially backwards and bad for national security to not have gay marriage, because we’re all familiar with how the US loves infiltrating student movements.
I also rather regret how the CPC seems to be trending towards expanding the role of the profit motive rather than shrinking it. See these statements:
http://en.qstheory.cn/2023-05/04/c_882761.htm
http://en.qstheory.cn/2023-05/05/c_882998.htm
Do you agree with these points? Do you have your own criticisms? Am I totally off-base? Let me know!
(btw I’m also familiar with the idea of sharing criticism with comrades but finding public criticism to be counter-productive, but I don’t want to spend all day listing caveats)
Yeah, me too. I haven’t read much really up to date stuff on the matter, not since they before they started their most recent 5 year plan.
And the terminology obsession is for the terminally online anyway. Figuring out if something is more Althussertherian or Haywoodian or whatever doesn’t matter. If a person can’t explain their position simply, or another’s position as they understand it, they probably don’t understand the topic very well. (A person can explain something and still be wrong of course, but trying to “prove” yourself correct by referencing some obscure Marxist thinker is the hallmark of the pseudo-intellectual who is only concerned with “winning” pointless internet arguments.)