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In your opinion, why do so many socialists seem to have a hard time criticizing the Chinese/Russian regime? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by woland@lemmy.world to c/socialism@lemmy.ml
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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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[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Feel free to come back if you disagree. I'm happy to talk these ideas through.

Have you spent much time on Lemmygrad? There's quite a bit of Marxist analysis over there.

I would not have expected the conference to be in Venezuela! This is why I don't like to make assumptions. I thought you were going to say you had attended an academic conference somewhere in the west.

Could you link me to any websites that will give me a better picture of Venezuela (or Latin America in general)? I started reading Telesur and found one resource – the Simón Bolívar institute – from this video (at 1:27:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iapefs8EXCc&list=PLQFBO6UUfDCQoIxtdxX5dVRwl1kS9IhnV&index=7. If you know of any other good resources, I would be grateful. It could be blogs, local news websites, 'independent' publishing. I would prefer websites written in Spanish, as I can then improve my Spanish as I'm learning. Even better if they're Marxists.

[-] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Im not on lemmygrad often.

The left in Venezuela is kinda fucked. There is almost no Marxist discussion in Venezuela anymore, and the PSUV now is kinda outlawing the communist party.

Right now the mainstream Left in Venezuela feels like 1960s Cuban Revolution from Aliexpress. There is almost no intelectual discussion anymore, its all propaganda, it is extremely homophobic and Russia/China/Iran loving, and USA bad without explaining why USA bad.

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