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In your opinion, why do so many socialists seem to have a hard time criticizing the Chinese/Russian regime? (self.socialism)

submitted 1 year ago by woland to c/[email protected]

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Sorry if this question seems inflammatory or uninformed, it comes from a place of simple curiosity.

While getting into socialist theory, partly through breadtube content, I often stumbled upon creators/commentators/writers who absolutely crucify the US (rightfully so in many regards), but either justify wrongdoings of the CCP/Russian regime or outright support them.

To me it seems absolutely incongruous to claim socialist ideals for oneself but to champion authoritarian regimes that have ties to Socialism merely semantically or through some spurious historical traditions.

Can you enlighten me about this? Thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

… either justify wrongdoings of the CCP/Russian regime or outright support them.

Can you give some examples?

absolutely incongruous to claim socialist ideals for oneself but to champion authoritarian regimes that have ties to Socialism merely semantically or through some spurious historical traditions.

Can you be more specific here, too? Who is getting support merely for their traditions? What 'authoritarian' regimes are getting support? And what do you mean by authoritarian?

What do you mean by having 'ties to Socialism merely semantically'?

These are not rhetorical questions. You don't have to answer them all, but I'll follow up on the ones that you do answer.