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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] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no denying that life for the everyday Chinese citizen is fairly decent. I'm thinking of the unfortunate people in work and re-education camps. I'm no fan of authoritarianism of any kind.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I assume you're talking about Xinjiang? How are you defining 'work camp' or 'education camp'? How would you propose that China put a stop to US-backed terrorism in the region? Would this have been more or less effective than the CPC's response (considering that there is more-or-less no more terrorism in the region and living standards have shot up)?

Could the CPC have alleviated the poverty of 800 million people without exercising class power through state authority?