WWP/China

[Justin Schwartz]

That was more responsive than perhaps necessary, very clear. The position 
outlined here is not mad, and I would agree with parts of it. I think it's 
quite crucial, though, that the cHinese regime "does not trust the masses," 
and exhibits no democratic tendencies outside Hong Kong, where it tolerates 
some of waht the Brits left in place. Be taht as it may, China isn't the 
issue just now. I am also a market socialist, but that also isn't the issue 
just now. jks


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But in fact we in WWP generally
>have pretty simple lines, for example: we don't think capitalist rule has
>been restored in China, which implies that we defend the PRC against
>imperialism and capitalist restoration, but we don't believe in market
>socialism or uncalled-for class collaboration either, and we would favor
>much more trust in and empowerment of and reliance upon the working class.
>There, that's our China line.  Or position, really. . . . >On the other 
>hand, they really do not trust the masses at all, and want to
>run the whole process from the top in a technocratic way, and that means
>that when they try to manage the inequality and displacement and
>exploitation and mass anger which necessarily flow from the operations of
>capitalism, they tend to use bureaucratic methods of control.  And this is
>bad per se, and also very dangerous for the party's own prospects of rule
>and ultimately for the survival of the gains of the revolution in any form.
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