The newcomer's first work on this site, talk about today's China
This article is what I feel after reading @刘水思's [Refuting the Foundation of "Chinese Characteristics" - I, a mainlander, why I don't want to be "characteristic"]. There is no rigorous argument, the whole article is full of emotional expression, please read carefully.
One of the impressions China has given me today is that people are floating in the sea, and almost no one can maintain a peaceful state of mind. Whether it's the little pink or the anti-thieves, it is difficult to rationally discuss and understand opposing viewpoints. There are many old Maoists in the older generation, but there are also many who are misunderstood by the current improvement of living standards, and thus support this "socialism with Chinese characteristics".
Socialism with Chinese characteristics is not socialism. This is a fact that the vast majority of people in the world do not understand or even misunderstand. I don't know how many people really don't know what socialism is, and even if they do, they only know a few key words or a small range of socialism. Here, the most taboo is to equate socialism with Chinese characteristics with socialism and communism, which is an insult to the latter two!
The theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics is stitched together by a variety of different and even conflicting theories, and it is a typical stitching monster. If you take the initiative to explore the deep-seated things inside, you can easily see the current situation where many completely different things coexist forcibly, just as absurd as the colorful black. I just don't want to call this kind of thing a theoretical system. Could there be anything more chaotic than this theoretical system in this world?
But many people in Chinese society do not have the ability to think actively. If they have this ability to think independently, then there is no way they can embrace this mess.
In fact, just deny the socialist membership of socialism with Chinese characteristics (I know when I say that, you rightists will come back and sneer and say, "Look at these so-called socialists starting to open each other's left membership, just like During the Spanish Civil War, there were no real socialists, just like those left-wing rebels."), you can understand that many problems in China, like those capitalist countries that are not particularly developed, can be used in those countries. method used to solve. China is a de facto capitalist country, which has absolutely nothing to do with what it claims on the surface.
China is one of the worst capitalist countries in the world. Worse than China, those countries in the Middle East where religion and politics are integrated, North Korea, that's all. I hope that the Chinese Communist Party can be overthrown as soon as possible. But what is disappointing is that the people in today's China, the class consciousness of the proletariat is too weak, and the bourgeoisie is falling into a more serious split and lacks the strength to unite against the reactionaries. China, at least so far, I see no hope of revolution. Maybe I'm too pessimistic, hope I'm wrong.
By the way, here is an answer to the two questions in his second part.
1 Hong Kong capitalism makes people live in "capsules" and sleep on the road. Is this what capitalism is all about?
Hong Kong's capitalism is the same as that of the mainland, and it belongs to "crown capitalism". In fact, the population density of Hong Kong can be not so high, but under the planning of the powerful and powerful, in order to make Hong Kong more so-called "greening" in such a large area, the land use rate is forcibly lowered. In fact, there are still large tracts of land in Hong Kong that have not been properly used. In addition, the houses in Hong Kong are concentrated in the hands of a few real estate developers. They arbitrarily raise prices, making many people unable to buy a good house, or even a house.
This is one of the drawbacks of capitalism. The private ownership of the means of production leads to the fact that a few people are rich so that they can occupy more means of subsistence and possess an unreasonable amount of property. This is especially evident under the type of crony capitalism, because this type of capitalism has no "welfare" and is the most primitive and extreme capitalism after removing all the gold foil outside.
2 The Western capitalist multi-party system and decentralization system compete back and forth, and the efficiency is low. Is it an advantage?
Because the bourgeois democracy in the West is at odds with the interests of the real proletariat. And the bourgeoisie, which is part of the ruling class, will also be in conflict with those who are not the ruling class. When these two contradictions are superimposed, the resulting resistance will naturally reduce administrative efficiency.
But here's a good word for Western democracy. Although not absolute, this kind of democracy at the cost of a little administrative efficiency can still avoid many of the disadvantages of dictatorship most of the time. It is better to let the people have the right to be the masters of the country, rather than the autocracy where the people can't say a word.
Engels said, "First of all, the proletarian revolution will establish a democratic state system, which will directly or indirectly establish the political rule of the proletariat." Although Western bourgeois democracy is not a good thing, it is not a good thing compared to "socialism with Chinese characteristics". Still a million times better. I would rather first support China's liberals to build a new China with a democratic and constitutional government.
The above is my opinion.
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