My expectation is that most people would be productive even if they didn’t have to work. People like making things, it’s in our nature. Imagine a society where you had minimal work, but you had things like community workshops, and places where you can get together with people to build whatever you want.

This can only be possible when AI is channeled in the right direction. AI should free people from work, not so they become unemployed, as would happen under capitalism, but so they have more time for creativity.

I think more attention should be paid to childhood education, so that children can be instilled with a passion for something sublime from an early age. How can you instill anything in a child today if all they see is profit?

The education system needs to be completely overhauled—that’s where we need to start.

By the way, Stalin personally edited the first Soviet history textbook for schoolchildren. He also placed great emphasis on educating young people.

As that liberal philosopher who fears work said, it won’t work! First education, then a creature—not the other way around. And studying is hard work, so you can’t just slack off and become Lomonosov. We need an educational foundation for that. Therefore, from early childhood, children must work; they must become accustomed to work in order to achieve real results in the future. They also need an incentive to do so, and it’s best if it’s not money, but high ideals, as was the case in the USSR, the most educated and well-read country in the world. I’ve already experienced this firsthand: the horizons of a Westerner are much narrower than those of someone raised in the USSR. In the USSR, creative people were trained from school, while in the West, they produce narrow specialists who don’t need anything beyond their specialty. They don’t need critical thinking, for whom life is a chain of simple algorithms.

Plenty of people write large software projects just because they find it interesting, they don’t make any money off them, and the goal is purely to make something interesting.

I understand everything here because I experienced it myself, with my son.

The attraction to computer programs lies in the fact that a child, as soon as they begin to understand, immediately becomes passionately fascinated with computers. There comes a time when the child gets bored with computer games and wants to get something more from the computer, but the computer still fascinates them as much as ever. If your father is a millionaire, at this point you can turn into Bill Gates or Elon Musk.

The reason it works for software is because anybody with a laptop can do it, but I think it would work exactly the same for building physical things if tools were readily available.

But I would slightly modify your concept of the new world. It’s not about people having free access to production facilities or laboratories, but about computer simulators of various processes in schools.

A cultural revolution in society is needed.

Hello, Comrade!

It was very loud last night. The drones were buzzing for a very long time.

The entire ring road is blocked off with nets; there’s a battle for the logistics arteries. The Ukrainians, just like before, are delivering painful blows every night into Crimea and deeper into Russia. You’ve probably heard that Crimea is currently experiencing serious fuel shortages. The resort season is being disrupted. Both the Russians and the Ukrainians are methodically destroying gas stations on key roads.

Regarding the front line, the Russians broke through at Kostantynivka. The Ukrainians were planning to advance on Kursk or Bryansk again to divert attention from key areas of the front, like last time. They use this tactic when they start having problems at the front.

This breakthrough to Kostantynivka has probably thwarted their plans, because they’ll have to redeploy reserves to Kostantynivka.

It feels like the Russians have somehow managed to eliminate the Ukrainians’ drone parity. I could be wrong, of course, but we’ll see. Kostiantynivka was taken very quickly. This city, if I’m not mistaken, is larger than Pokrovsk. We’ll see if the Ukrainian Armed Forces can stabilize the front in this direction.

But still, this doesn’t mean anything yet. You’ve probably heard that Abramovich came to Kyiv. This suggests that Putin isn’t interested in continuing the war. And that says a lot. Abramovich is Putin’s behind-the-scenes liaison with the West. Because Abramovich lives in London and maintains good relations with everyone. Abramovich was also present at the negotiations in Istanbul. His old business partner, Arakhamia, was also present in Istanbul, but on behalf of Ukraine.

Trump has completely disappeared into oblivion. No one listens to him anymore, neither Europe nor Zelensky. Now they’re playing their own game, judging by Zelensky’s last visit to Britain, where they looked very pleased, judging by their faces. Zelensky looks more cheerful and upbeat than ever. And Trump’s days, in my opinion, are numbered. He won’t pull through.

Everything depends on the path China chooses when it becomes a hegemon! A great deal hinges on that.

You could be correct, but we would never know.

If only people in the USSR back then had known what they stood to lose…

Regarding the Mass Line, it is essentially the tactic of taking policy from the people, and having the party reinterpret it and enact it accordingly. It is a way to avoid commandism and tailism, and has been applied by various ML or Maoist parties. Maoists tend to believe it is universal, while MLs tend to believe it is particular to certain conditions similar to China’s experience.

Yes, I’ve familiarized myself a bit with the mass line; yes, I agree, it’s a very good idea.

While looking into it, I came across this:

“But the socialist system in our country has been established only recently; its formation is not yet complete, and it has not yet fully consolidated itself. In joint state-private industrial and commercial enterprises, capitalists still receive a fixed percentage—that is, exploitation still exists; in terms of ownership, enterprises of this type are not yet fully socialist in character. Some agricultural and handicraft production cooperatives still retain a semi-socialist character; even in fully socialist cooperatives, certain specific issues regarding ownership still need to be resolved.”

No, Comrade, it wasn’t Xi who said that; it was Mao in 1957… ))) I hope you catch the hint, Comrade.

I decided to explore Mao’s writings a bit and chose this book:

“On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People”

the censorship of flaunting wealth on social media

This is likely not an attempt to combat ostentatious displays of wealth, but rather a move to temper public resentment—to keep it out of the public eye.

and punishing those found guilty of corruption

By the way, a fierce crackdown on corruption is currently underway in Russia. This began after the war started, when it turned out that everyone had been pulling the wool over Putin’s eyes with inflated reports. A great many generals are currently in prison, and the same applies to local officials; Putin has given them a bit of a shake-up.

Corruption is dangerous and harmful under any political system.

China, the number of billionaires is decreasing

Yes, I heard that the number of billionaires has decreased slightly.

No, that’s not at all what I mean, Comrade!

I am talking about double standards:

The Chinese CPC labeled Khrushchev’s rapprochement with the West as “Khrushchev’s revisionism.”

Some time later, Deng initiated a rapprochement with the West. The Chinese CPC called this “opening up.”

but to equate Khrushchev and Deng is to make a clear error.

Khrushchev was a pale, insignificant figure compared to Stalin—and likely compared to Mao, too.

Someone in China once said—I don’t recall the exact words or who said it—that Mao was the matador and Khrushchev the bull.

Comparing Mao and Khrushchev is indeed inappropriate—except, perhaps, regarding their education and experience in economic management. In every other respect, Mao was a far more significant figure. A characteristic trait of Khrushchev’s during the Stalin era was that he executed orders very well but never showed initiative. That is likely how Khrushchev differed from Mao; Khrushchev was a sycophant and a careerist.

For instance, during the purges, Khrushchev ranked second in terms of the number of people on the lists of suspects he submitted to Stalin for approval. He was zealous in his efforts to curry favor with Stalin.

And then he accused Stalin of the very thing he himself did better than anyone else… )))

Yeah, Russell is the quintessential British liberal, hence the disdain for the working class in all his work.

Yes, exactly, his article is steeped in contempt for work.

So much so that he considers writers and artists slackers—that sounds ridiculous to me.

Example: Jules Verne worked very intensively. His workday lasted up to 15 hours. The writer strictly adhered to the following schedule:

Start: early morning, from 4:00 AM to 5:00 AM.

Finish: late evening (around 8:00 PM). Daily output: he wrote 10 to 20 printed pages daily, which allowed him to publish several seminal novels a year.

How can you call this man a slacker, and where would he find the time to work for four hours, only to then… in his “free time” pursue creativity?

And what mark did this man leave on history?

But he does get at the irrationality of capitalism here where the goal is simply to maximize profit with no regard for anything else.

Yes, I liked his logic, at some point I even got carried away reading it.

I also very much agree with your point that overwork turns people into zombies.

I saw this with my own eyes in Moscow. People on the metro are empty-eyed, detached, and always in a hurry. Such are the conditions for survival there.

My view is that required work should be minimized as much as possible, and people should have the ability to choose how they spend their time.

I’m not sure about the 4-hour period. I doubt unemployment in more or less developed countries is 50%… it’s probably not even like that in Africa.

But 6-8 hours, depending on the complexity of the job, would be normal.

Yes, that makes sense.

Unfortunately, I also expect there’s going to be a lot more impact on civilians now.

Yes, this is definitely a new round of escalation.

I just recently mentioned this “sweet couple”—read what they’re up to. Their rhetoric also tells you how serious this really is.

Look at them… two Orthodox elders, preparing to perform a mass ritual sacrifice.

https://charter97.org/ru/news/2026/6/3/686479/

Yes, Trump also had a plan on the table to nuke Iran, but he didn’t go through with it. But Russia’s situation is more complicated; after defeat, Russia might not exist.

I’m looking at how this Malofeev got rich. It turns out he’s doing the same thing my brother-in-law does in M&A.

My God, how awful, it’s not hard to imagine what’s going on in that idiot’s head.

He’s absolutely certain that God helped him earn billions. That’s 100%! Medieval obscurantism!! He’s convinced he’s chosen by God.

Also, with the talk of Budanov replacing Syrskyi

In the army, they call Syrsky General 200. A friend of mine came to see me recently; someone he knew had been busified and ended up in the “Skelya” unit. He told him some horrific stories. The core of this unit is made up of former prisoners. There’s a culture of abuse there. The criminals abuse the busified. That guy told me they’re sending them to slaughter. There was a case where they sent 30 people who had been busified, told them to check something and come back… It’s very simple. The column was torn to pieces in 15 minutes. Only one man remained, who hid among the corpses for 24 hours to avoid being finished off. Only one man survived… Syrsky personally oversees this “Skelya.”

Budanov has no experience commanding anything, but he specializes in special forces and working behind enemy lines.

Yes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ tactics have changed recently. The emphasis is solely on deep strikes and stagnation at the front.

For now, Ukraine’s offensive in the Zaporizhzhia sector has stalled, while the Russians are advancing very slowly, as before.

But the situation at the front has somehow faded into the background.

Blumenthal came to talk to Zelensky, and seems like this came as a directive from the US.

You’ve seen that the Americans have again started blaming Putin for his reluctance to make peace. Also, the 400 million package that was previously allocated to Ukraine and frozen is now being transferred to Ukraine from the US.

We’ve also seen the US change its position. I think this is related to Trump’s visit to China.

Oh, I forgot to mention: a friend of mine has a son living in Kyiv, and the latest nighttime raid made a huge impression on him—even more so than his very first night in the city.

Now, on top of that, there’s been a strike on St. Petersburg… It’s terrifying to think what might happen next.

It seems to me that civilians here are going to suffer far more now. These new strikes will impact the civilian population much more heavily.

It gets pretty loud here at night, too… and during the day. Every now and then, through my open window, I hear the buzzing of drones in the distance—and the sound of fire being directed at them.

I do want a revolution.

You are not the first person I’ve encountered on Western forums who holds such an opinion. On Reddit, you get banned for expressing views like that. And in Russia—a country that supposedly has no indigenous peoples—Platoshkin was nearly thrown in prison for holding just such an opinion.

The national project in the United States is from the indigenous nations and the colonized peoples living inside it

I understand you—you believe that the wave of protests will originate from indigenous peoples. Yes, that makes perfect sense. I hadn’t thought of that. Yes, that could be a real force.

We are not in the same era. It will not happen tomorrow, but it will happen, as the need is there.

This will happen when that force is able to stand up to the system. This can occur only amidst the ruins of capitalism. For now, however, it is nowhere on the horizon.

For the time being, capitalism maintains a firm grip on its positions.

Similar to the soviet experience, Chinese workers are holding their heads high in new stages in socialist construction, with simiarly rapid levels of development.

Comrade, that line only worked in the USSR of the 1930s—when work was a source of pride, and nothing more! In the 1960s, however, people in the USSR derived genuine physical enjoyment from the fruits of their labor—a time when store shelves were overflowing with goods. A kilogram of black caviar cost $10 back then; today in Russia, it costs $500 per kilo.

Imagine: you work as a fitter at a factory, come home, and eat black caviar by the spoonful. Of course, nobody actually did that—but a working man could easily afford to buy himself some black caviar to go with his sandwiches for breakfast.

Had it not been for the war, this reality would have arrived as early as the 1950s. The task of rebuilding the country took an immense amount of time.

Comrade, if not for the war—and if Stalin had lived longer—China would be nervously smoking on the sidelines right now… )))

I’m not denying that China has shortcomings. I believe you are magnifying them beyond their actual levels.

In case you hadn’t noticed, I am basing my arguments exclusively on historical facts—the vast majority of which have been verified against sources from both the West and the East.

If you have any specific questions regarding this, please point them out to me.

As for me, watching documentary footage of the events that took place in China during those years sometimes makes my hair stand on end…

We are not discussing modern Chinese history right now; we are talking about the post-war era in China.

Oh, I also forgot to add something. The USSR handed over complete technical documentation for 1,500 major industrial enterprises to Mao. The USSR provided all of this free of charge. Can you imagine what Mao would have managed to build there without it? He probably would have forced peasants to engage in mechanical engineering and metal rolling right in their vegetable gardens.

I recall you claiming that Mao built things—or something to that effect—without any involvement from the USSR… yeah, right.

To me, Mao is akin to Castro or Che Guevara—certainly not to Stalin in the 1930s. Mao was a professional, iron-willed revolutionary; Mao was a warrior. He succeeded in uniting the Chinese people and leading them. Mao established a robust state system—one that subsequently withstood the onslaught of capitalism.

As for Mao Zedong Thought, some aspects have applicability elsewhere. The Mass Line is a generally useful tactic, Protracted People’s War can be useful in largely agrarian countries with high peasant populations and smaller urban centers, and so forth. It isn’t universal, but Mao Zedong Thought works well for China and tactics from it have seen success in the global south, including in Vietnam.

This is the first I’ve heard of the Line of Masses—very interesting.

This is the first I’ve heard of the “Line of the Masses”—very interesting.

Is this connected to those leaflets that were pasted on the wall? I’ve forgotten what those walls are called.

Excessive luxury is being cracked down on

I would like to understand the mechanisms of this process.

Any “double-standard” you see with Deng Xiaoping’s Reform and Opening Up as a result of problems with the late Mao era

You’ve probably misunderstood me again, Comrade.

What you call Deng Xiaoping’s “openness,” Mao called Khrushchev’s “revisionism.”

Deng did exactly what Khrushchev had attempted to do—only later. Or do you consider it a mistake on Mao’s part that he didn’t beat Khrushchev to the punch and establish relations with the West first?

Regarding the Gang of Four, they were largely an extension of Mao’s incorrect lines towards the end of his life, without most of his positive lines. Deng Xiaoping corrected the course for the new era of development, having inherited a basically industrialized economy but with widespread poverty and backwards technology.

I don’t understand why you—a man with the mindset of a dialectical materialist—are always prone to idealizing things. It is still a Party, and the same internal Party struggle is at play.

Let me tell you how it all unfolded in the USSR. When Gorbachev came to power and launched Perestroika, a great many members of the Central Committee were opposed to it. This was the so-called “Old Guard”—or, if you prefer, you could call them the “Gang of Four.” These were Brezhnev’s people. Within a very short timeframe—and very quietly—these individuals were either removed from their posts or sidelined for one reason or another; some were compromised and forced to step down. It wasn’t as loud, brutal, or theatrical as the affair involving the original “Gang of Four,” but the result was the same: the entire Old Guard—that “Gang of Four”—simply dissolved into the ether of existence…

To suggest that the “Great Helmsman” Deng was thinking about the people or about reforms back then—much as Gorbachev supposedly was during Perestroika while simultaneously purging his rivals—is, at the very least, naive, Comrade! At that time, they were thinking about one thing and one thing only: power.

And I recently told you something untrue. Gorbachev did have a plan. It was the “Acceleration” plan—a concept originally conceived by Andropov. Andropov had entrusted its development to three individuals: Ryzhkov, Gorbachev, and… well, I’ve forgotten the third one. This “Acceleration” plan concerned exclusively economic reforms—there were absolutely no political or ideological components to it!

Over the course of two years—largely thanks to Ryzhkov—the plan was fully developed, and in 1985, Gorbachev officially launched it. He immediately presented it during the very first plenary session of the Central Committee. It was Andropov’s “Acceleration” plan.

It was a plan for economic reforms!

Then, in 1987—when Perestroika truly began (that is, when the term Perestroika first started appearing in the newspapers)—the scope of the reforms expanded to encompass not only economic matters but also state-level and ideological issues. Ryzhkov opposed this expansion and subsequently resigned. This comes from the memoirs of Ryzhkov himself, who passed away not long ago.

Yakovlev—who at the time served as the USSR’s chief ideologue—bears the entire blame. It was he who persuaded Gorbachev to undertake ideological reform. This was a fatal error!

However, to this day, I still cannot determine whether or not the CIA had a hand in it.

This is because Yakovlev spent a great deal of time working at the Soviet Embassy in Canada. Gorbachev, too, traveled there at Yakovlev’s invitation—long before he became president. Yakovlev arranged a meeting between Gorbachev and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau—presumably, the modern-day Trudeau is his son or grandson. While in Canada, Gorbachev also met with representatives from the United States. This took place in the early 1980s. It would be fascinating to know what exactly they discussed there. I do not rule out the possibility that Yakovlev was working for the CIA—perhaps even unwittingly.

As for China outmaneuvering the west, I agree. This is pretty plainly what happened, despite what the west thought they could get away with, China maintained a dictatorship of the proletariat and maintained political control in the socialist market economy.

Yes, I agree that retaining political control is to Mao’s credit, as he built the foundation of the state apparatus.

So far, Lucas has not been spotted in Ukraine.

There is a big reserve Russia hasn’t committed yet, and people have been wondering why for a long time. I’m also not really sure Ukraine can overwhelm anything with drones. While you get pictures and videos with lots of fire, there’s no systemic effect from this. The whole drone campaign is just meant to produce propaganda videos to keep the money flowing.

As you can see, exactly what we discussed recently is now unfolding.

Russia seeks to avoid escalation and continues to absorb the blows. Zelenskyy and Europe—having crossed yet another “red line”—have dealt an even more painful strike against St. Petersburg. This comes just ahead of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum—an event that will feature delegations from various nations (including the U.S.) and be personally attended by Putin. Right now, the entire city of St. Petersburg is shrouded in smoke, and it is unlikely the fires will be extinguished anytime soon. Furthermore, video footage has captured drones flying directly in from the direction of the Gulf of Finland—most likely launched from airspace over Estonia. By now, everyone is aware of this.

Russia continues to remain silent—but things are only going to get worse.

And the war is absolutely the catalyst here. It’s what severed relations between Russia and Europe forcing Russia to look to Asia.

Yes, you may recall from the recently published transcripts of Putin’s conversations with Clinton: Putin stated that he did not want to deal with Iran or North Korea. China, too, would not have been a priority—just as it isn’t now.

Russell actually had a great essay on the whole extraction mechanic https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/

I’ve never heard of this guy. But having read his work, I can say with absolute certainty that he has never done physical labor in his life; he views physical work as the worst punishment imaginable. I don’t know—perhaps he is a highly revered and famous figure—but he hasn’t the faintest clue about the mindset of a working man. He describes the psychology of a slave, not a worker.

I have interacted with hundreds—if not thousands—of workers throughout my life. I can state unequivocally that what he writes is simply untrue! I have seen countless workers who derive genuine pleasure from their jobs; in fact, I’d go even further and say that they live for their work. And his assumption that, given an abundance of free time, they would suddenly start painting pictures or writing poetry just makes me smile! A working man feels lost without his work. And when a working man feels lost without work, he doesn’t head off to the theater or the opera; he drinks vodka. To draw a worker toward art, science, or a mind-expanding hobby, he requires a foundation of systematic knowledge—the kind that enables him to survey the full range of options and select the one that best suits his personal tastes. As for his anarchic notion of abolishing universities—I consider it utterly utopian.

However, I do partially agree with his core premise. And this is precisely the point—the one you and our Chinese comrade seem to miss—that I am constantly trying to articulate: a person who works more than eight hours a day will very quickly devolve into a Neanderthal, regardless of how much money they earn. Their intellect dulls; they lose the capacity for independent thought because they simply have no time to think—life rushes past them like a hurricane. And that is exactly what the capitalist wants: a herd of sheep marching in lockstep toward the “bright future” of capitalism.

last yeah I think where it showed that number of religious people is about the same as ever.

Perhaps things remain the same today; however, state propaganda has partially injected this ideological sludge into the school curriculum—specifically the works of Ilyin, for instance, who reveres only God and the Tsar. Their aim is to construct an ideology in the vein of Neo-monarchism.

It’s certainly true that mistakes in work and management exaggerated the impacts of natural disaster.

If you’ve lived in the countryside, you must understand that a natural disaster cannot drag on for four years.

again, similar to the 1930s soviet famine

It was just the 1933–34 season—a single season. Yes, there were miscalculations at the local level as well; much depended on the collective farm chairman and how he handled the problems. One collective farm might get by just fine in '33, while right next door, people in another were dying of starvation. People began fleeing the starving farms for the ones that weren’t starving—and that, too, became a problem. The issue wasn’t systemic, but rather structural or localized. Under such harsh conditions, many leaders simply couldn’t cope with their responsibilities.

I had two grandmothers—my own flesh and blood—with whom I spoke back then. One grandmother was from the Kyiv region; they didn’t go hungry in '33 because they owned a cow. My other grandmother was from the Kursk region—the area where the Ukrainians recently advanced. People did go hungry there, but it wasn’t a mortal famine. Both of my grandfathers perished in the summer of 1941. After the war, my father arrived in the city barefoot because he had no shoes. He got a job at a factory as a rigger. Decades later, he was wearing a suit and tie, putting on a fresh shirt every day; he held a PhD… and served as the factory’s Chief Engineer.

When I spoke to you about raising a generation of young people—that is the kind of generation we need to raise: a generation like my father’s.

Ultimately, however, Perestroika began; science became something nobody needed anymore, and my father found himself out of work. As it turned out, he didn’t know how to trade.

My point is this: in exchange for the fact that my ancestors went hungry on the collective farms in the 1930s, their children—the children of destitute and starving peasants—lived the high life for the rest of their days… right up until Perestroika. It was a generous recompense for their suffering and starvation. None of it was in vain!

The outcome of the famines is a positive rather than a negative one—namely, that new reforms and shake-ups are once again needed in their wake.

But alright, have it your way: Mao… tried… to do something similar.

These are not the same. There are similarities, of course, but the unique differences are the determining factor in why Gorbachev’s reforms failed while the socialist market economy is succeeding.

The reality here is far more prosaic: Gorbachev had no clear plan or strategy—indeed, there was absolutely no preparation whatsoever. Everything was literally being improvised on the fly. At the outset of Perestroika, no one was even contemplating capitalism or the dissolution of the USSR.

Gorbachev’s reforms were doomed from the start. And when the USSR eventually collapsed, its industrial sector crumbled right along with it, simply because all the factories within the Soviet Union were inextricably interconnected. Imagine an assembly line, but on the scale of ten separate enterprises: the factories scattered across the various republics were not self-sufficient; rather, they were entirely interdependent.

Comrade, I never claimed that the situation here was identical to what occurred in China—those are two distinct scenarios. I was merely discussing the general consequences that tend to arise from such processes. It is all relative.

Deng built; Gorbachev dismantled.

The United States sought to dismantle the USSR, not to foster its development—as was the case with China. This remained true whether the figure in charge was Khrushchev or Gorbachev.

As for the adoption of socialism in the near future being Utopian, I disagree.

From now on, I’m going to call you an idealist, Comrade… )))

For something like that to happen, society needs to be primed. Or do you think everyone is as understanding and knowledgeable as you are? In the West, no one has the faintest idea what socialism actually is. To them, socialism is something terrifying. If Trump calls Biden a communist, you can imagine what the average person in the U.S. thinks of communists.

For this to come to pass, socialist ideas need to be in vogue. Throughout almost the entire 19th century, the progressive intelligentsia debated the possibility of a socialist revolution; yet it was only a hundred years later—after a great deal of trial and error—that something of that nature actually took hold in the world in earnest.

As I see it, we are currently only in the nascent stages—a time when the socialist movement is just beginning to emerge globally—standing in opposition to a capitalism that has already passed through the stage of militarism, which Lenin identified as the final phase of advanced capitalism. Western capitalism is now smoothly transitioning into a phase of degradation—something, in fact, that we are witnessing with our own eyes right now. An era of chaos has dawned. Consequently, alternatives will be explored in the future, and that is when socialism may well prove to be exactly what is needed.

Perhaps this is simply because I have never lived in an area that has lost its socialist past, but rather than pessimism, I have only revolutionary optimism for the future.

Drawing upon my own personal experience, it seems to me that it takes at least one generation of young people to reformat the collective consciousness of a nation.

First and foremost, an educational reform must be implemented.

Now, tell me, Comrade: how exactly could such an educational reform be brought about in the United States in the near future?

Only through revolution. Do you want a revolution? I wouldn’t advise it! And in that scenario, it is highly unlikely that the United States would retain its integrity; instead, it would likely fragment into smaller pieces.

The legislative framework in the U.S. is structured in such a way that, if approached gradually, change is possible without a revolution. However, that “gradual approach” could easily drag on for a hundred years… Above all, a leader must emerge—someone who can rally the people behind them, someone in whom the public places its trust.

I look through my microscope, yet I cannot find even the faintest semblance of such a leader in the United States—not even at the cellular level.

If we do not achieve socialism in the coming crisis in imperialism, then we will see immense barbarism.

I have already realized, Comrade, that you are a fervent activist of the socialist movement. Unfortunately, I am not—I merely observe… )))

I have lost hope, Comrade, that truth can ever triumph over capital, for there is no justice in this world. At least I won’t see this…

Socialism in China is already existing, just in a primary stage, rather than advanced.

Yes, I completely agree with you and have never denied that. I merely pointed out China’s current shortcomings—issues that need to be addressed, rather than denied as if they didn’t exist.

As production and distribution advances, private ownership will continue to be gradually appropriated and folded into the public sector, creating a fully planned economy.

Yes, the ultimate goal is clear to me as well.

Here’s Cheng Enfu’s diagram explaining it:

Yes, I have a rough idea—but, Comrade, I don’t know English quite as well as I’d like. And Google doesn’t translate tables…

I’m aware that the USSR had critique of Chinese socialism.

That’s putting it very mildly… The thawing of relations didn’t begin until the Gorbachev era. Finally, the Chinese leadership liked what was happening in the USSR… ))) But in reality, it was all very simple: the USSR admitted defeat.

China also criticized Soviet socialism

(What was written in Smena magazine, February 1–3, 1967)

“Red Guards” (紅衛兵) Block the Way

“For the sixth day, the Soviet Embassy in Beijing has been besieged by frenzied mobs of Red Guards. Anti-Soviet speeches are being broadcast via loudspeakers. Announcers read out ‘death sentences’ issued by the Red Guards against embassy staff members. A welcoming ceremony for Chinese students arriving in Beijing—students who had participated in hooliganistic disturbances on Red Square in Moscow on January 25—was turned into an anti-Soviet demonstration. Speeches delivered at the event contained crude invective and calls for violent reprisals against Soviet citizens. On the streets, Soviet citizens—including diplomats leaving the embassy—are surrounded by crowds of Red Guards who block their path, hold them in place for hours on end, and subject them to humiliation, intimidation, and blackmail.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_Russia,_Beijing

Mao Zedong Thought is the learned experience and theory from China’s specific socialist construction process.

…very specific, to put it mildly…

Functionally, the PRC remains a dictatorship of the proletariat.

This question should be directed at Ma—and at those who buy luxury cars. China is the global leader in luxury car purchases.

I’m curious: when China makes its full transition to socialism, what will become of all those cars, yachts, and villas? Or will every Chinese person be able to afford them? … )))