u/ThePoopOutWest - originally from r/GenZhou
I know there are differences between Deng’s China and, say, Gorbachev’s USSR or post 1986 Vietnam, but I’m not sure what they are. I suspect it has to do with control by a principled party but I could be off. Can someone help?

Edit: to clarify, I’m not one of those who will say “China and America??? Basically the same!!!” or that Deng is revisionist. Was just more curious about what the reforms were in both examples and how they fall in a Marxist analysis

  • @archive_botOPB
    3•2 years ago

    u/ThePoopOutWest - originally from r/GenZhou
    This is going off of a historical material analysis right? Kinda like how there were markets in Ancient Rome or markets during feudal times?

    • @archive_botOPB
      1•2 years ago

      u/sanriver12 - originally from r/GenZhou

      This is going off of a historical material analysis right?

      hmm not exactly. it’s just basic understanding of what capitalism is, what it does and what is a market. this isnt “common sense”, you have to read to get a grasp of it.

      here’s another odd example: non-capitalist markets under a capitalist mode of production.