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We need to differentiate between the “communist” Chinese government (which is conservative, pragmatic, realistic)...
...and Western Marxists (which are hyper-progressivist, idealistic, post-reality).
Not the same. Almost opposites? #RectificationOfNames
...and Western Marxists (which are hyper-progressivist, idealistic, post-reality).
Not the same. Almost opposites? #RectificationOfNames
2/ The Western left/right love to conflate these...
The far left treat China as their holy grail of leftism, while the Breitbart goons decry "leftist China."
But China is NOT the West, and does not map to Western thought (ideologies).
The far left treat China as their holy grail of leftism, while the Breitbart goons decry "leftist China."
But China is NOT the West, and does not map to Western thought (ideologies).
3/ Conservatism, pragmatism, and a deep grounding in reality is foundational to the Chinese thought lineage beginning w/ the Dao De Jing. It then becomes hyper-pragmatic, hundreds of years later, with Han Fei's Legalism.
This contrasts starkly with idealistic Western leftism...
This contrasts starkly with idealistic Western leftism...
