- 24 Sep 2020 14:55
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Their "openly stated" ambitions are to assert their sovereignty and be a part of a multi-lateral world. Unlike the Western imperialist powers: China doesn't go around enforcing structural adjustments as a precursor to things like economic development.
The United States is acting as an imperialist aggressor towards China (something that predates Trump of course). The genuine anti-imperialist stance is to oppose this US aggression, not to engage in some baseless false equivalency.
I'm saying that China and the Western imperialist powers engage in the world very differently. This idea that they're all "just the same" just isn't accurate.
Rancid wrote:I agree, they are not...yet. That doesn't mean it's ok to excuse their obvious imperialistic behaviors and openly stated ambitions either. By ignoring/excusing China's actions, you will just end up with another empire once the US is pushed out. If you are really anti-imperialist, you would be against current empires and potential raising empires (i.e. China). If the idea/hope is that once China supersedes the west, that they will establish some sort of international workers utopia, then that is a mistaken idea.
Their "openly stated" ambitions are to assert their sovereignty and be a part of a multi-lateral world. Unlike the Western imperialist powers: China doesn't go around enforcing structural adjustments as a precursor to things like economic development.
The United States is acting as an imperialist aggressor towards China (something that predates Trump of course). The genuine anti-imperialist stance is to oppose this US aggression, not to engage in some baseless false equivalency.
I don't understand this comment.
That said, fundamentally, they are the same. These are all regional/global powers vying for supremacy. None are interested in establishing a global order where workers have more power.Willfully ignoring China's actions is going to bring you right back to where we are now. Workers being exploited constantly, just under a different regime.
I'm saying that China and the Western imperialist powers engage in the world very differently. This idea that they're all "just the same" just isn't accurate.