I got a little off topic. Let's return to something more directly related to Mao's words here. He is simply suggesting what I have been arguing all night. A form of Maoism or Marxism that cannot adapt to China's unique nature and situation can only belong in books and think tanks, not in practice. It is simply too rigid to survive China's rapid changes and the great shifts brought about that no other government in China has been faced with — not only at a political, but also a technological and societal level. Mao's model worked when he was alive (and even then this is relatively debatable — 'we have liberated the piano' etc etc). But attempting to apply theory that was developed within the framework of and worked for an agrarian and feudal society, as well as against the nationalist-capitalist China of the time, is a mistake. It is not simply that simple.
People decry what they perceive as intentional ambiguities within the term "socialism with Chinese characteristics." But the term's vageueness is, to some extent, its most brilliant and inspiring quality. It does not, as Mao and Marx did, prescribe a society and a socialist road to take (I am not discrediting either of them, of course, I am just saying). It allows for the wiggle-room and innovation that has given China such prosperity and global power. And given the trends within Xi's Party, we will see what we can almost universally admit are negative elements be reduced to the point of obscurity or completely liberated entirely.
Have faith in China, and understand that you are dealing with a country entirely different than your own, with a different collective historical consciousness and experience. China is not the West. China is a country of nuance and of difference. We cannot apply static theory to a fluid society.
People decry what they perceive as intentional ambiguities within the term "socialism with Chinese characteristics." But the term's vageueness is, to some extent, its most brilliant and inspiring quality. It does not, as Mao and Marx did, prescribe a society and a socialist road to take (I am not discrediting either of them, of course, I am just saying). It allows for the wiggle-room and innovation that has given China such prosperity and global power. And given the trends within Xi's Party, we will see what we can almost universally admit are negative elements be reduced to the point of obscurity or completely liberated entirely.
Have faith in China, and understand that you are dealing with a country entirely different than your own, with a different collective historical consciousness and experience. China is not the West. China is a country of nuance and of difference. We cannot apply static theory to a fluid society.
Forwarded from The Communist Horizon
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The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has announced that its combined arms battalions are now officially the basic unit of its mobile operations, according to a 20 March article by the state-owned PLA Daily newspaper.
The announcement seemingly marks the end of a process initiated in 2008 that envisaged the formation of combined arms battalions, which include air-defence, engineering, and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance assets, to increase the PLA's readiness levels and its ability to project force within its sphere of interest.
The report states that these battalions are "modular" and designed to integrate different elements of the PLA as required, pointing out that the battalions can be combined to enhance combat effectiveness in a "plug-and-fight" fashion.
The announcement seemingly marks the end of a process initiated in 2008 that envisaged the formation of combined arms battalions, which include air-defence, engineering, and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance assets, to increase the PLA's readiness levels and its ability to project force within its sphere of interest.
The report states that these battalions are "modular" and designed to integrate different elements of the PLA as required, pointing out that the battalions can be combined to enhance combat effectiveness in a "plug-and-fight" fashion.
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