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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)

Thanks for the good links and resources, I ll check it out. I am just starting in reading up on these topics. I do know about the project in chile though, it looked very promising before getting screwed by the US. We sadly did not get to see more results. When I was referring to planning being an issue, i just meant they didn't have super good computers and internet back in the day, and a planned economy would be way easier to manage with current technology. Not to undermine their achievements.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're welcome.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

I know what you mean. Imagine if society implemented planning with modern tech in the same way as Amazon does. The future is here, the people just need to control it.