While that is an interesting section, and I thank you for sharing it, in terms of comparing the NEP to modern China it doesn’t really do anything. It’s whole point in regards to China is “Well I mean it’s just been going on too long, the NEP in the USSR only lasted 10 years”. Modern China isn’t the 1920s USSR, if China going through this phase for a longer time is “wrong” you have to explain why the material conditions of China specifically don’t call for this. You can’t just equate two completely different states like they’re just identical.
In fact, the section does a better job defending China. It discusses why the NEP was beneficial due to the large peasant population and small scale production, but then it just says “This didn’t exist in China”. Uh, excuse me? In what world? China freed itself from feudalism just like 20 years before Deng. 80% of the population was in agricultural work while the remaining 20% were industrial, how did this not apply to China?
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While that is an interesting section, and I thank you for sharing it, in terms of comparing the NEP to modern China it doesn’t really do anything. It’s whole point in regards to China is “Well I mean it’s just been going on too long, the NEP in the USSR only lasted 10 years”. Modern China isn’t the 1920s USSR, if China going through this phase for a longer time is “wrong” you have to explain why the material conditions of China specifically don’t call for this. You can’t just equate two completely different states like they’re just identical.
In fact, the section does a better job defending China. It discusses why the NEP was beneficial due to the large peasant population and small scale production, but then it just says “This didn’t exist in China”. Uh, excuse me? In what world? China freed itself from feudalism just like 20 years before Deng. 80% of the population was in agricultural work while the remaining 20% were industrial, how did this not apply to China?