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I’ve had a discussion with my parents, who are pretty left leaning, but still vote for a bourgeois party, and they told me that they are seeing a certain push to the left in said party. Now, they could be wrong, but this got me thinking of what’s to come.
It could be possible that, as China cements itself as the greatest country in the world (in terms of military, economy, international relations, R&D etc.), their ideology will have an influence on not just the world proletariat, but also on the world petit-bourgeoisie and even bourgeoisie, following that the ruling ideology always ends up being that of the ruling class. As a result, a literal red wave might be coming.
It could just be rambling, but this does put me in a good mood.
I worry that it’ll just be “fine we can trade with china” without anything else
I don’t doubt the bourgeoisie will cling to their power as much as they can, but if China does cement itself as the other person talked about, a lot of people are going to be pushed into a choice between “do some reforms or crush yourself trying to resist the new world order”. Not in an instantaneous, “hegemon making them do it” kind of way, but insofar as them having to contend with the rising popularity of China, rising literacy about its policies and what it’s like, trade that increasingly gives them a taste of what China is capable of, and so on. And as the empire declines more, it will not only increase the contradictions in the imperial core and in imperialized nations, it will also weaken the military might the empire has to throw around for crushing popular movements.
As we have seen with Iran, some of this fight will be on the battlefield because the empire is not exactly fond of backing down willingly. But we are also seeing with Iran that the empire’s weapons and tools can be broken and resisted. There’s a long road ahead still, but there’s hope to be had in it and opportunities to seize on for building liberation. If you’re worried people won’t go far enough, educate and push for more. Help them see the benefits.
Yeah, that might be the best scenario if no revolutions happen in America, because liberals are still conservative from a leftist perspective and might be willing to peddle fascist narratives if it can uphold neoliberalism.