also, it failed

yeah and it took the whole world to stop it

The president of China has commented about Karl Marx's birthday

"Today, we hold this grand gathering with great veneration to mark the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth, to remember his great character and historic deeds and to review his noble spirit and brilliant thoughts,"

it's still may 4th where I live

Marx is not only a great figure who bore the weight of the world, but also an ordinary person with passion for life, who was sincere and true to friendship, Xi said.

"The thought and theory of Marx are of his times and go beyond his times," Xi said. "They are the essence of the spirit of that times and the essence of the spirit of all humanity."

"Marxism, for the first time, explored the path for humanity's freedom and liberation from the stance of the people, and pointed out the direction, with scientific theory, toward an ideal society with no oppression or exploitation, where every person would enjoy equality and freedom," Xi said.

Stressing that practicality is a prominent characteristic of Marxism that makes it different from other theories, Xi said Marxism is a theory of practices that directs the people to change the world.

It is an open theory that is constantly developing and always stands at the frontier of the times, Xi said. "That is why it is always able to keep young, explore the new issues in the development of times and respond to the new challenges for human society."

The general secretary said that over the 170 years since the publication of The Communist Manifesto, Marxism had been spread around the world, unrivaled in the history of human ideology in terms of the breadth and depth of its influence.

After the end of the World War II, a large number of socialist countries were established, Xi said, stressing that the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially, has greatly increased the socialist strength in the world.

"There might be setbacks in the development of socialism in the world, but the overall trend for human society development has never changed, and it will never change," Xi said.

"Marxism has not only profoundly changed the world, but also China," Xi said.

I'm going to fight Xi

That is what a leader sounds like. Complete sentences, syntactic consistency, and a message that isn't fear-mongering and sabre-rattling.

@buyXRBpls Why?

I really want to be excited about this

I do too but it's China

The CPC has been full of revisionists for decades

True

“We must win the advantages, win the initiative, and win the future. We must continuously improve the ability to use Marxism to analyse and solve practical problems,” Xi said

...If only

Revisionism amirite @buyXRBpls

@When Things Aren't Right Go Left You filthy Trotskyite revisionist! You would support the son of a capitalist roader!

https://discord.gg/XYtwZy2

Although seriously, it's funny how he talks about oppression when there are workers jumping to their death due to the laborious and monotonous nature of their daily tasks and the poor pay that comes with it

Revisionists are often hypicritical

@NoCountryForAllMen#8084 >China
>Betrayed marxist socialism
>Became capitalist
>Exploits it's workers
>Has some of the worst working conditions and pollution on earth
>Workers are expendable at best
>Workers are also given slave wages
What a great and true marxist socialist country.

If this consistent event shows one thing, it is that marxist socialism will always be subverted by capitalism in the end.

It happened in the USSR, it happened in vietnam, it happened in cambodia, it happened it laos, it happened in cuba, and it has always turned out this way.

Realistically, it is doubtable that any marxist socialist country will ever exist again because of this, people don't want marxist socialism, neither do those in politics either.

Xi won't change anything, he may have implemented himself as dictator, but there is no way he will ever bring back marxist socialism to china.

Contrary to what china claims, they aren't communist, or marxist, they are hardly even dem socs, they are capitalists through and through.

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@Deleted User Ackchyually it didn't happen in Cuba. And some people believe China is just building up the productive forces before going full-blown commie again. That's even the official line of the party.

Cuba is capitalist now pal.

i mean, i think there's always the possibility that since China's exposed itself to globalism that there's not much hope for it now

same for cuba

I don't care what "some people" believe, there is no way that china will ever go marxist ever again.

The private sector in Cuba employs less than 30% of the population. Raul said he would like to see a "prosperous and sustainable socialism" which basically means something along the lines of market socialism. Diaz-Canel wants that too it seems, but many senior party leaders are against economic reforms. @Deleted User

slightly off topic, does cuba operate off of a system of labor vouchers or currency? ik they used vouchers at one point but i'm not sure if they still do.

They use the Cuban peso.

As well as the convertible peso.

thank you, that helps a bit when thinking

Most public-sector workers receive the Cuban peso with a minority receiving the convertible peso.