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to argue that the CPC is capitalist is so far from reality it makes the whole premise moot

I would also highlight the fact that Xi has targeted corruption in a major way as part of his leadership, and that there will always be incentives for corruption but that the CPC is working on this every day

I would point you to the fact that union members don't have to pay dues, that they are paid by the employer in their entirety, which is a direct result of having the ACFTU be affiliated with the CPC

I would point you to the incredible work that the ACFTU and its regional and local affiliates have been doing to organize app drivers in cities like shanghai and guangzhou, making sure that they have adequate wages and adequate working conditions

I mean I think that there are always going to be contradictions that need to be grappled with, and I think when we only focus on the negatives pand don't underscore the incredible achievements of the CPC and AFTCU we're doing everyone a disservice

the US is not responsible for every shortcoming in the ACFTU and its local chapters, and this is why I said that the US largely failed in its attempts to sabotage the CPC and ACFTU. however, it's interesting to note how the US is meddling and one way or the other it has an impact—dialectics!

I just finished reading Immanuel Ness's "The Dialectics of Chinese Labor" where he interviewed hundreds of chinese workers and he came to a very different conclusion. it will be the first Patreon episode when we're back from our summer break in August, so you may find it interesting

this kind of sabotage exists to this day—the national endowment for democracy has poured millions of dollars into efforts to weaken the all china federation of trade unions. so when the state dept claims that left organizations in the US are "CPC fronts," their accusations are really confessions

after the chinese revolution the AFL and CIA literally created terror organizations like the "free china labor league" that collaborated with the fascist KMT on taiwan for paramilitary and sabotage operations against the CPC chinese mainland

over the past 75 years, china eliminated extreme poverty, unionized 3/4's of its workforce, and became the world's top solar panel manufacturer in the past 75 years, the US...did everything it could to stop this all from happening (and failed)

since the 19th century, the US's function in the world has been to stop communism from succeeding—by any means necessary. this is the heart of the American project, and everything else is peripheral

these people actually believe life is not worth living without a yacht, a private jet, a $100,000 rolex, six personal assistants, five homes...it's why they spend billions fighting communism—they believe that their very lives depend on it

yes! but you are supposed to be able to stop certain apps from accessing your microphone and stop apps that you do give access to your microphone from having the ability to share information with any other apps!

don't believe tech nerds when they say your phone isn't listening to you and that creepy ads are a matter of other factors. your phone *is* listening to you. even if you turn off an app's mic access AND don't allow apps to share data with each other. the tech companies are lying to you

there's no chance spotify doesn't actively suppress certain political content. a socialist news show I listen to everyday day never, ever shows up on my home screen, but an obscure hockey podcast I listened to 10 mins of 2 months ago does

NEW PATREON EP robbie reads and provides analysis and commentary on the opening chapter of the classic book "Inventing Reality: The Politics of the Mass Media" by Michael Parenti

the report on cuba today is the latest in 60 years of state department propaganda alleging that US activists are front groups for Cuba. the only difference is that this report reads like it could have been pulled from a KKK recruitment pamphlet

true of close friends, family, workplaces, acquaintances—it's across the board and it's the result of toxic individuality and the background ambient stress everyone is dealing with as a result of living in a society in collapse

one of the saddest things I've realized over the past year of my life is that in our society, if you're experiencing deep hardships and struggles, most people, instead of moving closer to support you, actually distance themselves or even abandon you altogether

communists did not kick 800,000 children off of the supplemental nutrition assistance program so that their friends could buy private jets. they don't shoot unarmed mothers in the face and prevent emergency services from helping them