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user-inactivated · 3752 days ago · link · · parent · post: An ideological memoir with minimal decorations
The two critiques aren’t mutually exclusive. Yours is a structural critique; mine is a critic of the beliefs of rank-and-file members. I agree with you about China too, though I am picky about definitions. As soon as the Chinese government turned the means of production over to private ownership, they ceased to be meaningfully communist.