Didn't the Chinese Communists observe what happened in the Soviet Union and learn the lesson?
This is a question Ive heard before and I think I already know the answer but Id like to hear what you guys think. My first thought was that moving towards socialism is already in the best interest of the majority of the population. Promoting class consciousness helps with that. Plus, its not like we didnt face that same kind of problem in past economic systems.
I'm looking for that quote by Engels on the state and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat as it was quoted by another redditor but not cited.
Racism is inherently a collectivist ideology: people from one group are taught to view themselves as inherently superior to another group based on their collective identity and the positive attributes they associate it with at the expense of another group whom they view as inferior. White supremacy is an example of this.
It is currently progressive/Leftist tendency to say that we must think of ourselves not as Irish, Polish, Greek, Nigerian, Jamaican, Dominican Americans but as βwhiteβ and βBlackβ first, and essentially view ourselves as homogenous groups whose differences arenβt relevant because those differences have no bearing on the experience of privilege or oppression within the group.
THIS IS VERY TOXIC especially for white people because the second that collectivism around whiteness becomes commonplace, it is a breeding ground for white supremacy. Forcing unity of identity between groups of people with little in common other than complexion creates collective white identity which has never historically led to anything positive for race relations. It is far better for instance that white people do not view themselves as a cohesive group but as Irish, Polish, Greek, Italian etc who share little more other than skin color.
Similarly, grouping all Black people together is also nonsensical because the cultural differences that exist between an Ethiopian, Nigerian, Dominican, African American and Jamaican are very present as are their experiences.
The best way to end racism and discrimination between groups is to dissolve the sense of group identity along racial lines.
Why didn't they learn the lesson from watching the Russian disaster?
