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Personally, I've just written the west off at this point. The focus now has to be on the global majority.
I agree that those who are most oppressed possess the most revolutionary potential. The chain of imperialism will most likely break wherever the weakest link is, causing the entire system to collapse. But it would be really nice if we could raise the level of class consciousness in the imperial core before this happens. I would like it if we could avoid falling into fascist decay, but perhaps this is inevitable.
Very much agree, whatever we can do to educate people is worth doing. I'm just managing my expectations for what's realistically possible.
Indeed. Visa free travel is great, but so many westerners, especially USAians don't even possess a passport. Realistically, most people here aren't going to be able to see for themselves what socialism can produce. Up until now, the CPC has avoided exporting propaganda. There's so much untapped potential to raise awareness, but the CPC is nothing if not pragmatic.
Indeed, and CPC might've made a calculation that the west isn't that important in the grand scheme of things. Focusing on nations that aren't already hostile to China is probably more practical. China can make it easy for westerners to come to China, but realistically only a tiny percentage of westerners are likely to actually go there. A lot of people in the west are so terrified by the propaganda that's been whipped up here that they think China might arrest them arbitrarily if they set a foot there. It's just not possible for China to compete with domestic brainwashing that's happening. On the other hand, countries that are politically friendly towards China don't have this problem.
I really hope China's effort in not at least trying to combat western propaganda doesn't end up biting them in the ass. I'm sure the CPC mostly knows what it's doing, but I've got a bad feeling.
My opinion is that the west will be the last to become socialist, but communists in the west need to focus a lot on helping communists in the global south so they can liberate themselves, and work on raising class consciousness in the west.