This is so unsurprising it barely qualifies as news. Of course the Vietnamese military is preparing for that possibility. That’s what militaries do. They prepare for every eventuality. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had contingency plans in case of war with Cambodia, or Laos, Thailand, China, the Philippines, or even Japan. And of course they view the US as belligerent, they were being invaded by the US only fifty years ago, and all can see that the US is a rogue declining empire that is lashing out at everyone.
Is it a likely scenario though? Probably not. It’s not impossible but it’s on the lower end of likelihood as far as which country the US will attack next. Still, always better to be prepared.
We are really going to be remixing every war at once.
Have you seen the ammounts of remakes in media lately? No, not enshiti whatever. Capitalism regurgitates everything for provits, wars included; yes, even when they’re cold, the taste yucky in the microwave.
Oh damn, are the capitalists gonna enshitify all the past wars?? Would that mean they do an utter shit job and suffer massive defeats or will their tactics be more heavy-handed?
All i can say is that it’s gonna sploorge
China will back Vietnam soon. America cannot win over guerilla warfare that made Vietnam victorious against the fascist South back in the Vietnam War.
That was 1975 and you have no idea how reactionary most of Viet Nam is today. I live in the south and everyone here worships some idealized fantasy of american middle-income consumerism. Many vietnamese born after the war straight up worship white men (kissing hands, kneeling/groveling, etc.) Most people here despise the government and distrust the party, and not without reason, either.
You have no idea how much facebook has destroyed people’s brains, or how politically apathetic we’ve become. I’ve been warning for years that the US will pull an Arab Spring kind of social media campaign and how easy it would be to ignite a civil war here. Look at what happened to Nepal and I’ll tell you it could happen here, too.
Most people here believe that if Amerikkka comes back, it will be in parachutes and machine guns again. Virtually no one understands what information warfare and color revolution are, or that Google, Facebook and US media are weapons.
It’s not good.
Everyone who is not a kid understands what color revolutions are. The education system makes sure that they learn about it, in high schools and in universities. Those who chose to be willfully ignorant of it are probably either reactionaries or school drop-outs.
The loving-the-West symptoms were more prevalent in the near past than now, especially since we observe American society breaks down. Those who still worship white men are just ignorant.
The people of Vietnam also closely watch Fulbright. So even if they’d like to pull off that shit again, they’d have to be more covert about it.
The fight against reactionaries and peaceful evolution is a never-ending struggle. It’s not a once and done thing. Both the people and the cadres are responsible. The people watch the cadres, the cadres guide the people.
Where in the South do you live? It’s possible that the region you are in have some confirmation bias.
I’d prefer not to be too specific, but lets say south-central. I travel to TPHCM/Bien Hoa somewhat frequently and I’ve been as far north as Ha Noi and Lao Cai. There is definitely a reactionary bias here. What region do you live in?
I’ve had to explain what a color revolution is, and how they operate, to full-grown adults here. I’d love to be more optimistic too.
I know being critical of VN is personally dangerous and also likely to tilt the mods here. Anyone here who doesn’t think a Viet ML, living in Viet Nam, doesn’t know how it is, I invite them to come learn the language and live here for a year and see for themselves.
I’m in some rural area.
I know being critical of VN is personally dangerous.
It’s honestly depends. If you complain about “human rights” and all other Western cliche, then you would certainly be invited to a tea by the authorities at minimum.
I invite them to come learn the language and live here for a year and see for themselves.
I lived here my whole life.
It’s honestly depends. If you complain about “human rights” and all other Western cliche, then you would certainly be invited to a tea by the authorities at minimum.
LOL. Okay. Sure.
The NGOs whine about that crap and nobody arrest them. That’s not why people here get arrested or harassed by police. Everyone here knows, you don’t?
Everyone here knows, you don’t?
I have never tried writing a hit piece on Vietnam that somehow goes viral on social media, so maybe not. What then are you referring to?
LOL Is this reddit? Do you just come here to lie on the internet?
The fight against reactionaries and peaceful evolution is a never-ending struggle. It’s not a once and done thing. Both the people and the cadres are responsible. The people watch the cadres, the cadres guide the people.
A timely reminder. And I hope your observations regarding Vietnam are the prevalent.
I’m wondering if the US retirees there also influence that?
The actual expats have their own little quarter in TPHCM and don’t bother anybody for the most part.
It’s the US social media, NGOs and CIA-linked schools that are doing the most damage. Going to these western schools is a sign of prestige and wealth, and you can probably guess what they teach and you’d be right.
There’s something of a scandal at one of these schools a few years ago that the students were being shown hollywood movies about the Viet Nam war, and being taught to be extremely sympathetic to the invading genicodal nazis – to the extent that Vietnamese students were literally crying about how sad it was that Amerikkkans were “forced” to kill Vietnamese.
That’s not good. Are there any strong communist groups?
Not in my experience.
I live in a south-central area of the country where it’s still fairly rural. Maybe it’s a little better up north, I don’t go to Hanoi very often. Down here, no one even knows what communism or socialism are, nor are they inclined to discuss it. Especially not openly. Saying anything political can get you arrested, so people avoid the topic entirely.
The entry point to anything ostensibly political is generally by joining the police and working you way up. The police and government officials are basically just motivated by taking bribes and making connections.
Don’t let our flags, decorations and art fool you, most people here think that shit is annoying. People will roll their eyes if you speak positively of it (or mention it all, really). Uncle Ho is a mainly figure of nationalism and there’s little understanding of what he believed in beyond studying his poetry (though everyone will tell you they are an “expert” about Uncle Ho). The symbols of communism are usually associated with nationalism, so positive views toward communism tend to represent an internalized sense of masculine strength.
I was recently talking to a couple kids who completed primary last year and was trying to start a business together. Neither of them knew who Marx, Lenin or Mao where. Weird since Lenin (LêNin) appears all over the place in school books. I never went to the primary schools here, so I don’t know what’s going on there.
The bookstores here don’t sell anything related to Marxist theory, economics or history at all. BUT they DO sell hagiographies of Richard Nixon, Friedman, Trump, Trump Jr., Henry Kissinger, Karl Rove, Betsy DeVos, Netanyahu, Modi, Ronald Reagan, Papi Bush, Dick Cheney, John Bolton, etc… I get pretty mad about it sometimes. Some of the kids here think it’s really fucked up too, so maybe there’s some hope. I have to order most of my books in English and from outside the country.
Holy moly. That’s extremely disheartening, I can’t begin to imagine how you may feel, living there.
There are good things, but I don’t spend my time worrying and talking to people about the good things. Many workers, especially men, here do 10-12 hour days and spend their free time drinking heavily. Not much time for history, current events or politics. Students have more time, but social media (we have tiktok zombies too) and mobile slop games often consume it. Some of the kids who recently served in the armed forces here have pretty decent knowledge.
It’s nice to at find people who are interested in the world outside their routine.
Primary education doesn’t teach about political ideologies. Ethics and History are the subjects remotely related. Ethics use the image of Bác Hồ as an exemplar. History frames the anti-colonial war against France/Japan and the anti-imperialist war against the US as fighting for freedom and independence. At least, that was how I vaguely remember it.
The more ideological subjects are only taught in higher levels of education such as high school and university. It is here that we would learn about capitalism, colonialism, imperialism, socialism, scientific socialism, revolution, incomplete liberation, complete liberation, etc. Although, they are not super detailed.
I was about to ask why you’re obviously pretending and making shit up, but then I saw the “reddit” in your name. Makes total sense now.
Wait, didnt vietnam join the board of peace couple weeks ago? If they are preparing/training for a possible war with the us why did they join the us on the board of peace? Can someone explain please?
My guess is they want to avoid war.
Probably just to flex they are rich honestly lol, why not get a seat on the table just to flaunt communisms power.
They knew them doing this would piss off Trump, so they had to do something first to unpiss him off.
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