>>120382177>you're saying that the CCP is marxist despite not following the ideology while the new left isn't marxist while following the ideologyNo, and I can see how that can be confusing
Chinese politics are very confusing, especially to foreigners.
The thing about the CCP is that despite it being segmented into multiple factions, all must at least appear to be in concordance with Marxist-Leninist ideals. So, in tandem with opening the market, they also had to write quite a bit to justify it.
But back to those factions.
There are some party members who are Marxist-Leninist hardliners who resent the move to Capitalism, there are some Western-oriented members, and then there is the more nationalistic, militaristic, chauvinist faction that is tied to Xi Jinping and his cult of personality.
Whatever their actual opinions, they must all be extremely well-versed on the main points of Marxist thought, even if at their core, they don't buy into it.
So even if they don't give a shit about the West and the effect the Western New Left, or as they derogatorily call them, ?? (baizuo), which roughly means crocodile-tear-making hypocrites, they know how to use propaganda tactics to paint them as false Marxists.
This is very easy, because they kinda are. Well, sorta, at least, they're a different sort of Marxist to what the CCP espouses.
They do this to prevent new ideas of what Leftist thought can be to become en vogue among their people. The CCP is extremely against ANY new ideas that don't fall in line with the specific nonsense that they preach because they realize the precariousness of their position. There's a reason Tiananmen Square happened. The CCP has always been afraid
But yeah, point is, it's similar to old-timey popes. They may have memorized the Bible front-to-back and can utterly dismantle many religious arguments, but that doesn't mean they'll actually follow what they study. The
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