Nope, I am not confusing correlation with causation. Industrialization and development is what drives the increase in life expectancy, as this is directly related to access to medical equipment, food, housing, and more. The west achieved this by exploiting the global south, which is why the global south did not see the same leaps in life expectancy. The Soviets achieved this via pro-social policies and central planning, on their own labor. The soviets were anti imperialist and de-colonial.
As for the disollution of the USSR, it’s complicated. In any case, it was the adoption of capitalism and the ensuing plunder by the imperialist west that created the economic devastation that caused the skyrocketing prostitution. Socialism did not cause it, capitalism did.
As for the PRC, no, it is not “hybrid state capitalism.” By “most economists,” you mean purely western liberal and neoliberal economists. Socialism is a mode of production and distribution where public ownership is the principal aspect of the economy, and the working classes control the state. This is true of the PRC, Cuba, DPRK, Vietnam, Laos, and former USSR. Communism is a post-socialist mode of production, and has not yet existed. Rather than being behind China, communism is in the future.
As for Marx, his predictions are coming to pass, and he has not been “debunked.” I’ve seen the nonsense neoliberals and liberals allege against him plenty, I’ve been a Marxist for years. It has not been capitalism that has uplifted the proletariat, but instead capitalism that has systematically underdeveloped the global south, swelling the welfare states in the imperialist west, while socialist countries like China have been lifting billions from poverty.
You are erasing imperialism from the equation because it immediately causes your argument to fall apart. Many countries around the world have gone through revolution, as Marx correctly predicted, and billions now live in socialism.
As for Russia, it was imperialist under the Tsar. The Soviets abolished the Russian Empire, and the Russian Federation has no colonies nor neo colonies. The Russo-Ukrainian war is not imperialist in nature, it’s resolving the conflict between the Donbass region and Kiev as sparked by the Banderite coup in 2014, backed by the west.
As for China and Russia, they have great relations and mutually benefit.
Nope, I am not confusing correlation with causation. Industrialization and development is what drives the increase in life expectancy, as this is directly related to access to medical equipment, food, housing, and more. The west achieved this by exploiting the global south, which is why the global south did not see the same leaps in life expectancy. The Soviets achieved this via pro-social policies and central planning, on their own labor. The soviets were anti imperialist and de-colonial.
As for the disollution of the USSR, it’s complicated. In any case, it was the adoption of capitalism and the ensuing plunder by the imperialist west that created the economic devastation that caused the skyrocketing prostitution. Socialism did not cause it, capitalism did.
As for the PRC, no, it is not “hybrid state capitalism.” By “most economists,” you mean purely western liberal and neoliberal economists. Socialism is a mode of production and distribution where public ownership is the principal aspect of the economy, and the working classes control the state. This is true of the PRC, Cuba, DPRK, Vietnam, Laos, and former USSR. Communism is a post-socialist mode of production, and has not yet existed. Rather than being behind China, communism is in the future.
As for Marx, his predictions are coming to pass, and he has not been “debunked.” I’ve seen the nonsense neoliberals and liberals allege against him plenty, I’ve been a Marxist for years. It has not been capitalism that has uplifted the proletariat, but instead capitalism that has systematically underdeveloped the global south, swelling the welfare states in the imperialist west, while socialist countries like China have been lifting billions from poverty.
You are erasing imperialism from the equation because it immediately causes your argument to fall apart. Many countries around the world have gone through revolution, as Marx correctly predicted, and billions now live in socialism.
As for Russia, it was imperialist under the Tsar. The Soviets abolished the Russian Empire, and the Russian Federation has no colonies nor neo colonies. The Russo-Ukrainian war is not imperialist in nature, it’s resolving the conflict between the Donbass region and Kiev as sparked by the Banderite coup in 2014, backed by the west.
As for China and Russia, they have great relations and mutually benefit.