Like, let’s say that hypothetically China is not socialist. Why do they feel the need to equate it to the USA or to constantly diss it? Literally, no other country has 800 military bases abroad, and no other country will vulture the resources away from a fallen China like the USA would. So, being a Maoist to me just is helping the USA Intelligence departments. Literally, NATO and Western Imperialism are the main enemies, I don’t get why some groups wouldn’t want to take China as an ally. Even if they were ultra capitalist like the Maoist say, if the West falls is not like China would even be able to become the USA 2.0. They make up a dystopian future based on lies and fears and then equate that fake future to our current world, and end up equating an evil empire to a country that just wants to give the rest of the world another option.
Maoists feel like an “us vs the world” exclusive club to me
It wasn’t a completely peaceful development and opening up. During that time they fought Vietnam, too, and ended up setting themselves against the USSR, which also set socialism back a century as far as I’m concerned.
But if China pulls through and is able to successfully break with the Shanghai liberals, especially if they can pull through and continue the trajectory after Xi and not go the way of the USSR, it will be a great victory for all of humanity and will make up for any past foreign policy mistakes as far as I’m concerned.