China campits exist. There are fantastic sources of information about China who are not even remotely Marxist and just support China for whatever reason. I am wondering what percentage of China supporters do you think that applies to?

  • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    Does it matter? Whatever someone’s reasons are for supporting China, the important thing is that they do. Results are what matter. The fact that millions of people around the world have a positive view of a prospering socialist state that is currently the biggest threat to the global imperialist hegemony is conducive to our goals as Marxist-Leninists and anti-imperialists.

    In general i care less about why someone does something and more that they do it.

  • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    To put it into perspective, in Vietnam the communist party has about 5,300,000 people in it as of 2021, the womens union has 13 million members.

    Its similar in China, people trust the government so instead tend to focus on advancing sector rights rather than party politics, think student/workers/womens unions.

  • commiespammer@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    IDK about the west, but in China yes. A lot of people put Chinese interests over international ones (advocating for exploitation of countries or conquering others (it’s 2024 bro this aint hoi4)), not like the government gives a fuck about them. Of course I generally hang around the Chinese equivalent of youtube comment sections, so probably sampling bias.

    • Soviet Entropy@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That’s about what I expected. It’s the same in the west. Very few people are ardent neoliberals but many just support their team (if they are politically active at all).

    • Soviet Entropy@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I don’t think slur is the appropriate word to use here.
      There are people who simply support China because it isn’t the US. For example, one of the best sources for economic news about China is Inside China Business. He lives in China and supports China but he literally thinks that the reason for China’s success is that God is rewarding them for being the largest Christian nation and punishing the US for abandoning the faith. I don’t know what other word to describe this guy and people like him as.

      • ☭ Blursty ☭@lemmygrad.ml
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        10 months ago

        The only time I see this term being used it when Trotskyists run out of road and have nothing else to say. Then they apply it incorrectly as a mindless slur. I don’t see it applying to the Inside China Business guy. I don’t know what you call him, a religious nut? A right winger?