I am Brazilian and there has never been ONE socialist country in South America, quite the opposite, there have been bloodthirsty Western dictatorships, even today there are "Brazilians" who defend the West colonizing Brazil. But there is VERY strong political resistance in Brazil. Africa is one of the Negros or Semites Ethnic, must unite for a powerful Africa and anti-Western imperialism.
Só ficou bizarro esse russo falando mal de Stalin. Inacreditável. A China teria demorado quantos anos mais pra se libertar se não fosse os grandes acertos e luta incansável do camarada Stalin. Bizarro não tem um marxista sério que dê mais ênfase os erros de Stalin ao invés de falar do seu legado como maior construtor do socialismo real. A China é um caso a parte, no ocidente hoje a maioria dos que se dizem marxistas não passam de bandidos anti comunista.
Читаете так же Ленина и Сталина и применяете марксистский метод анализа к нынешним реалиям. Интересно, а что получится если применить его к нынешнему Китаю. Куда в политическом и экономическом плане он двигается без диктатуры пролетариата и с буржуями типа Джека Ма в партии где число пролетариев и рабочих в общем упало в три раза со времён Мао.
Я хороший ученый. Мой последний вывод касается происхождения разговорного языка: вначале человечество было подобно другим животным в лесу, у которых была "абсолютная монархия"; позже, чтобы не делать ничего, кроме (конкретно) перехода к цивилизации, которая сосредоточена вокруг суда, где могут проходить судебные процессы, многие люди (которые, возможно, не могли бы лучше осознавать природу того, чем они начали заниматься) согласились начать изучать разговорный язык.
Also though, after the Sino-Soviet split, the Chinese were able to feign liberalization so as to attract massive foreign investment. Like Mario jumping off Yoshi to reach the far side of an especially long gap, the USSR died so China could fly.
I think that China didn't fall like the USSR becuase Deng didn't sell the nation to the western interests, like Gorbachev. China was able to escape the Shock Therapy of Eastern Europe and could maintain its system until nowadays. The thing is, China didn't have a traitor of not only the system, but the whole country, like in USSR.
@@maloquerianordeste what's ironic is that after Mao China went down the same path as the USSR, but they have learned the mistakes of how to safely transition out of socialism back into state capitalism 😈. They've perfected revisionism.
Absolutely and it always will be. Absolutely never will you have a world where the United States and the West will no longer be dominant and the rest will be cuz that will be the day. When you get the exact same thing you got a hundred years ago with Japan and Germany. The only difference is this time 12,700 wmd's.
Marx is the choice to adopt for humanity. China is a living leadership in upholding this doctrine, reinforced with her ancient Chinese virtues and wisdom. Western Democracy breeds greed.
Chinese Marxism is not static, it is fluid and dynamics and progressive. It's gone through process and transformation from traditional ideas to contemporary. A lot of western modern thinkers have been studying this, but it's still hard for them to understand. The key is when we stand for the good of all people and benevolence, the country will be prosperous. The unique thing is, this ideology cannot be copied by any countries, because it's deeply rooted in Chinese characteristics with abundant flourishing values, culture, traditions, along its way.
the peoples republic of China is actually fascist and not communist. Fascism is a merger of state and corporate power which is what is going on in China.
I think the only westerners who truly understand can be found in and around the American Communist Party. They're the first western Marxists in generations who truly understood dialectic materialism and what makes it scientific.
It did not function for example in eastern Germany. But, it did not function, because the "West" took great efforts to undermine everything, they made.
Com unixm did not function because it wasn't made to function. The idea was made in the west by ziobankers and their toraposse, They demonstrably created the environment for the revolts, financed and made the way for the revolutions that took over the governments everywhere in the world. They persuaded the masses by appealing to them with titles like equality, brotherhood, freedom. Hess and Marx originally pointed out to conquer and take the leadership of every country they entered to realize the world takeover dream of the tora. Com you nixm is an ethnic conspiracy. Romans wrote in antiquity that people have to be careful with those whoever offer those illusions to the masses. They clearly have something up their sleeves.
hahahahahha no. Mao is spinning in his grave right now along with lenin and marx to seeing china, russia and north korea turned into either fake capitalistic hellholes, imperialistic banana republics or the most horrendous regime to ever exist in the history of humanity respectively.
@@Tundra1919 really? In “heaven” you say? A strange place to end up for two avowed atheists who views ideas such as heaven as an archaic myth to be destroyed.
@@charliemarkovic4301 a common misinterpretation. Marx was opposed to the centralized domination of Christianity in Europe as it related to economic domination by the ownership class, given that those who could read and write were historically only the aristocracy and clergy. He was not opposed to spirituality in general. In fact, he was very critical of French colonialism in Algeria when he visited for French colonial authorities brutally dismembering Arabs and preventing them from proper Islamic burials.
This is the best video on this channel. I've been waiting for a more critical take from cgtn. I am not disappointed. Anti-dengism too. Really great work.
China's rise, out of poverty and starvation, i could see, when i was still young, is admirable. Our western capitalism is so corrupt and the so-called democracy works well, for the rich. I wish the Chinese People luck and hope that no imperialist Power will disturb their way. The sure will try.
@@AveragepoliticsEnjoyer oh yeah, i love when i criticize my government from under the bridge i live, specially after the only meal i can have in a day (intermitent fasting)
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is an underrated concept. It's the fundamental reason why China didn't fall like USSR or become capitalist/imperialist like the US. As long as Socialism with Chinese Characteristics still works Marx will remain relevant in global stage.
Leninism was essencial to achieve any marxist goals. It started with people's war and liberation of the Land. Then The rebuilding of an entire economy Destroyed by decades of war. And now some Fake marxists want to say, Marx is relevant but Stalin IS not. Come on. Revisionism in 2024, are They Crazy. They think that ALL this anti Stalin bullshit in China Will lead to more socialism? And at the same time they Will talk about "learning from ussr mistakes". what have you learned If you are still a revisionist criminal! What saved China was exactly that mao never embraced revisionism.
@@AveragepoliticsEnjoyer Nobody said it was easy. They have to start somewhere to move up the values chain. China is on the right track though to be competitive.
Great documentary ! It could never appear in Slovenia or Europe on national tv, since here Marx is considered minor autor in last 30 years and mentioning him publicly you are imediatelly attacked and disqulified as Stalinist or worse.
Current conjuncture in Eastern Europe on communism is very negative. But conjunctures change, will change. Everything flows, everything changes, for life is dialectical.
Marxism is not the way to do it. Marxism is a failed ideology that has proven nothing since the very beginning of its inception in Europe by Karl Marx.
Capitalism brought the greatest prosperity in the world than any other form of government. The countless millions of people who lost their lives during peacetime because of Marxism proves that it will never and can never work.
Thank you for this magnificent video and thank you President Xi Jinping for making this world a better place for the world to enjoy peace and prosperity for generations to come. Thank you, CHINA!!! Yes, Marx is still relevant, thank you.
I am so very happy to see CGTN do this! There is huge appetite for Marxism in the West and rather than embracing this potential for Chinese soft power, Chinese offiicals too often push tepid commonplaces about calligraphy and moon cakes. The West pushed Smith and Hayek to great affect in China in the 90s. China should push Marx, Lenin and Mao in the West today.
the best thing about Uncle Marx is that he understood capitalism better than capitalists do, so even if someone hates or disagrees with him, his analysis is always proven to be correct. Since capitalism exists and refuses to die, capitalists ironically keep Marx relevant despite their hatred and fear of him.
I am Brazilian and I think that the success of the Chinese model has the capacity to change people's mindset about Marxism in other countries. Live long to marxism!
As a westener I rely and I hope, I prey as well, that China will NOT follow the confrontational path that the West, and the USA above all, have engaged toward China, as scapegoat of their own failures (failures of the West and the inequalities in the USA). I hope China will show the true values that found its reality to the rest of us in the West. A non divisive world view can be shared and China is capable of the best examples.
Thanks for the documentary comrades. Hopefully, you'll do more also on Mao, Lenin, Luxemburg et al. Greetings from Türkiye and a member from Workers' Party of Türkiye (TİP)! Long live Marxism-Leninism!
Indeed, the combined wisdom of Chinese culture with Soviet's wisdom on economics elevated China to be the top superpower. I think Lenin's wisdom has also proved to have aged spectacularly well, especially in his book "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism".
I mean, Stalin's model was very effective for it's time, but it was abandoned under Khrushchev - and that abandonment is what partially led to dissolution of USSR. Though i'm not saying that China today should adopt Stalin's model, because time and conditions are completely different.
Just hearing the way these heads of departments and parties and other organizations speak so capably is incredibly refreshing. I couldnt find anyone in a comparable position in my country, the usa, that would be able to speak so clearly about current geopolitical trends, or historical developments, nothing. Its nice to see educated regular people articulate positions with a clear rational and moral vision. Also, terrifying to realize how impossible that is to happen here. One of the many, many problems with our system. Good luck, and God bless your People's Republic.
Marx is more relevant now, than ever before. This is best shown through China's success... I've been there and experienced it first hand. I do appreciate that this video sends the message that Marxism MUST be sensitive to specific cultures (or else it will fail), and China is a shining example of it. Now, if only the imperialist/capitalist countries could learn from China's example!
I'm a good scientist. My latest conclusion is about the origin of spoken language: in the beginning, mankind was like the other animals in the woods in having an "absolute monarchy"; later, in order to do nothing other than (specifically) transition to a civilization which is centered around a court where trials may take place, many people (who couldn't possibly have been more aware of the nature of what they'd begun to do) agreed to begin learning & teaching spoken language. What would Babajon Ghafurov, for example, write about me? LOL, how would he contextualize MY CONTRIBUTION within the Marxist-Leninist Framework of development throughout history? We need to start the whole thing over from scratch! Nobody believes Marx became a supreme court judge, regardless of whether he became a revenant, or not! All he did was ditch the rabbis. He's just a regular guy, and he used irony in an ordinary way. He wasn't intending to make an all-encompassing anthrolopological thesis. Well, now we have one.
Maybe it is time for new social philosophies that match the challenges of our time. Some things have not changed while other technological advancements even marx could not take into account and today a major backlash of the industrial age is climate change and ecology There is this unfinished text of engels "dialectics of nature" which i think is very timely in this context
There is Socialist Ecology and Degrowth and many other Marx inspired forward looking ideologies addressing climate change and the environment. Marx is still relevant today because his critique of capitalism is accurate. Class war, imperialism, class struggle are still true today and people are looking to Marx for an explanation.
@@kevinjohnson9533 Degrowth is antimarxist and is more of an anarchist belief. Marxism is a science of socioeconomic development, it is basically a science of growth. So it cannot be made compatible with "degrowth." Ecosocialism is popular among Marxists these days but it takes a different form. Xi Jinping for example has repeatedly said that long-term growth requires taking care of the environment or else it would not be sustainable. Growth thus not only is compatible with environmentalism but environmentalism is necessary if you believe in growth. That's the Marxist position.
The book "marx in the anthropocene" is a reinterpretation of marxism through the lens of ecology, which is a major influence on the "degrowth" movement. I have my issues with that movement but it shows marxism is related to ideas of sustainable development/ecology
i am proud of china, no racism, and peaceful equality between every race and species. cooperation and community is the way, opening up the way for the human communication on our future. 全世界无产者，联合起来！ 前进！不愿做奴隶的人们！🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
White cat, black cat, it doesn't matter as long as it catches mice ~ Deng Xiaoping Capitalism is good in creating wealth but not in distribution ,, real capitalism doesn't work A mix between the two is best Leaving space for human greed with control and giving to the less lucky beings
And I want to add , seems like we are in race to the bottom.. which country can give less taxes+ more benefit to the rich to make them Richer? No I'm not saying we should take their wealth but.. don't tell me someone who has 100+ billion $ of wealth is because his "working hard". , more like others don't get what they deserve for their time and effort
Disagree. Capitalism is not as good as a planned economy at creating wealth. But a country must do business with the world hegemon in order to have some sovereignty. The market economy will be relieved of its usefulness the moment America falls. Military speaking.
The Socialist system in China as well as Vietnam are not determined by finance capital Think of stock markets as tools just like rifles or computers. Imperialists use them to extract wealth from the people and even each other. But they make investing in needed goods easier when led by a worker's state. Eventually they'll become obsolete through tech evolution. That's what Deng visioned
I would say that one important thing for wealth creation is connection to the rest of the world. By gaining access to global trade, new technology and quicker growth can be achieved. People often highlight the "reform" of Deng, but the "opening up" is also crucial. The current path that China is on is one integrated with the global economy and pushing a new way forward, with state owned enterprises and businesses in the interest of the public increasingly leading the globe in technology and production. Although for a country in this current capitalist-dominated world, private enterprises and a market economy is useful, that doesn't mean that this is the most effective system. I think if socialism was the dominant political practice in the world, it would be countries holding onto old capitalist practices that would seem inefficient. Part of the genius of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is being pragmatic enough to survive and help peacefully create the conditions in the world for further socialist development. A system can't be judged in isolation from the global situation, as comparisons between the USSR and the USA often fell victim to.
Marx aún es y seguirá siendo MUY relevante, aquellos que atacan sus posturas, temen sus verdades, el proletario triunfará, no dejaremos que el capital acabe con el planeta, será usado por y para el proletario
Marx laid the foundation for good governance. As time changes , people and things change , government change to suit current trends that maximize benefits for the people and the nation.
Marx's contributions aren't really about governance. They're more about understanding capitalism and class society in the first place. In a philosophical, economical and political basis.
Cyna was once ruled by Kuomingtan Capitalist government until that Chairman M.. who studied Marxism in Soviet convince that his improvised version of Marxism ideology was well received by the people hence the birth of new kind of governance.
Realistically, China is a fast-developing country with a people-oriented government wise enough to utilize best approaches from planned and market economies. However, true socialism cannot be content with mere technological progress or creating prosperity for the masses. Socialism also contains the vision of a humanity elevating itself to ever new spiritual heights. Unfortunately, this is impossible as long as there is competition among countries and a pressing need for strong economies and militaries. True face of socialism and its potentials is not even fathomed yet.
Ofc Marx is still relevant, his critiques of capitalism still hold up to this day, it's just those who fear what his teachings will mean for their hoarded wealth, that make it seem like hes irrelevant.
Replies say that Western democracy is not relevant today; then, does democracy prevail in China? Does liberalism prevail in China? Where is the freedom of speech and thoughts?
Freedom to be an idiot doesn't exist in China. Freedom of Speech and Thoughts, there are thousands of activists freely rallying in China you just don't know it.
such way of interpreting whether marxism is still relevant today is so false. CGTN should bring better depth in discussing this theme instead of almost propagandizing a quite important topic.
20:13 Like Mao's "Red Guard" thing that was more or less militias running around the place destroying stuff! Yeah, they revitalized rural services and stuff, but did that really require sacking people's homes and stuff?
read : " honorable survivor " lynne joiner specialy the passage to the automn of 44 where mao summons JS service for a long interview in his house-cellar : this is the mao's marxism ...
Gracias🎉. Consulta: podrían ustedes informar sobre las diferencias existentes entre el socialismo de la urss y China... Comunismo marxismo 'maoista' y 'sralinista'? Tanta tensión entre ambos pudo haberse generado??!! Eran tan diferentes?!!?... qué pasó ahí?! ... y: qué marravilloso china y rusia estén juntos ahora 🎉
They are talking about marxism with chinese characteristics, like mao Said since The first days of chinese republic. Stalin was Called traitor by fake marxists for the same reason during NEP períod of economic reconstruction
Stalin defended NEP until the late 1920s as far as I'm aware. In fact, contrary to Lenin, he thought the Russian State should give up its monopoly on foreign trade. He then adopted 5 year plans and a policy geared to industrialisation, which the left opposition had been advocating for. Only, it was implemented in a ruthlessly top down, dictatorial manner. The policy of the comintern under Stalin was for the Chinese Communists to literally join/merge with the Nationalists and pursue a bourgeois revolution - which was the Menshivik line in Russia which the Bolsheviks led by Lenin, abandoned in April 1917. Stalin's policy via the Chinese communists resulted in them being literally slaughtered.
China uses the capitalist market to achieve socialism. Capitalist growth and abundance for national and community needs. State owned companies alongside private companies with banking and finance controlled by the state. China controls capitalism. In China a Billionaire can go to jail, in America the billionaires are the government.
Marx also said that you cannot eliminate the private sector by decree, that you can only eliminate it in proportion to the level of socialization of production, and the socialization of production is something that is produced by markets. Marx never advocated for just banning all private property, this is a myth and would contradict with historical materialism. Marx only called for nationalizing the heights of the economy, the biggest and most centralized enterprises, and then viewed that the rest would become nationalized over a very very long period of time, but he never put a timeline on how long he'd think this would take for the rest of the economy to become socialized. The Stalin Model is called the "Stalin Model" for a reason. Outlawing all private property immediately was never a part of Marxism originally, it was something Stalin came up with.
The transcendentalism of what this piece imbues into "Marxism" in China frustrates me. The ideology it is laced with creates a potent aroma. Anyway poetic complaints aside, Lomanov should not be treated as seriously as he is. The religiosity and traditions that the USSR failed to account for in their application of Marx is one of the most asinine critiques I've heard from a political theorist of any kind, and post-Communist comparative studies is FRAUGHT with transcendentalist expressions and explanations ranging from the fetishistic sway of the party to the idolatry of the worker. You want Marx? You got Base (material conditions) and Superstructure (culture, norms, values, ideas). In order to fully bring a society into a Marxist conception of capitalism, you have a period of repossession of wealth producing property under a government of the working class, and the establishment of policies beneficial to the working class, while the former bourgeois are dispossessed and are not allowed to have any vestige of power until they're fully working class. Nowhere in engaging a given society with a revolution is it said, "you must adapt the previous culture to the new society you're building". It's a clever misappropriation, and a tactful one at that.
What would emerge if WE, the global north, OECD… took a hard and critical look at our own political economy, our practices and beliefs? How were «things» here, back when Marx (and numerous others) built on i.e. Hegel to create this practical framework of critical thought and analysis? What or who strangled European people at large back then - and again now, as our own «economy» is distorted and exploited? The answers are HERE in our own «western» societies. Look to & at ourselves, at least before blaming «the others». The so called free world indeed made its own choices, right? Right…? (Literally…) 😊
Is western Democratic still relevant today?
As an African we are tired of West Sanctimony
Oh please! All of Africa is self ruled. You only have yourselves to blame.
I am Brazilian and there has never been ONE socialist country in South America, quite the opposite, there have been bloodthirsty Western dictatorships, even today there are "Brazilians" who defend the West colonizing Brazil. But there is VERY strong political resistance in Brazil. Africa is one of the Negros or Semites Ethnic, must unite for a powerful Africa and anti-Western imperialism.
Учение великого Маркса - это ключ к пониманию текущей реальности! Изучайте эти блестящие труды!
Só ficou bizarro esse russo falando mal de Stalin. Inacreditável. A China teria demorado quantos anos mais pra se libertar se não fosse os grandes acertos e luta incansável do camarada Stalin. Bizarro não tem um marxista sério que dê mais ênfase os erros de Stalin ao invés de falar do seu legado como maior construtor do socialismo real. A China é um caso a parte, no ocidente hoje a maioria dos que se dizem marxistas não passam de bandidos anti comunista.
Exactly, just bought Karl Marx’s “Capital” volumes 1-3 as I believe he lays out perfectly what’s happening in our world right now.
Читаете так же Ленина и Сталина и применяете марксистский метод анализа к нынешним реалиям. Интересно, а что получится если применить его к нынешнему Китаю. Куда в политическом и экономическом плане он двигается без диктатуры пролетариата и с буржуями типа Джека Ма в партии где число пролетариев и рабочих в общем упало в три раза со времён Мао.
Я хороший ученый. Мой последний вывод касается происхождения разговорного языка: вначале человечество было подобно другим животным в лесу, у которых была "абсолютная монархия"; позже, чтобы не делать ничего, кроме (конкретно) перехода к цивилизации, которая сосредоточена вокруг суда, где могут проходить судебные процессы, многие люди (которые, возможно, не могли бы лучше осознавать природу того, чем они начали заниматься) согласились начать изучать разговорный язык.
@@dorinpopa6962 Jack Ma? The same that is exiled in Japan and with his company partially nationalized?
Marx's works are rooted on the science of dialectical materialism.
Dialectical Materialism is much more like a "meta-scientific" method but sure.
@nickolasrobert7340 your comment is meaningless jibberish.
Dialectical materialism isn't science
@@AveragepoliticsEnjoyer It pretty much is actually.
@@drewm9903 Yes I was wrong
China was able to survive longer because it had learned a lot from the experience of the dissolution of the USSR and Soviet mistakes.
China only lasted because it was granted access to the capitalist west.
Also though, after the Sino-Soviet split, the Chinese were able to feign liberalization so as to attract massive foreign investment. Like Mario jumping off Yoshi to reach the far side of an especially long gap, the USSR died so China could fly.
You mean revisionist mistakes. Mao were always close to Stalin soviet union. Those were The days of internationalist brotherhood
I think that China didn't fall like the USSR becuase Deng didn't sell the nation to the western interests, like Gorbachev. China was able to escape the Shock Therapy of Eastern Europe and could maintain its system until nowadays. The thing is, China didn't have a traitor of not only the system, but the whole country, like in USSR.
@@maloquerianordeste what's ironic is that after Mao China went down the same path as the USSR, but they have learned the mistakes of how to safely transition out of socialism back into state capitalism 😈. They've perfected revisionism.
Is capitalism or western democracy still relevant today? These are the issues that really matter now.
China is capitalist
Absolutely and it always will be. Absolutely never will you have a world where the United States and the West will no longer be dominant and the rest will be cuz that will be the day. When you get the exact same thing you got a hundred years ago with Japan and Germany. The only difference is this time 12,700 wmd's.
they are all irrelevant. now we have a technocracy .
They are relevant to the extent that the collective West will do all it can to stop global justice, including climate justice.
Apparently yes, since the west and a major portion of the east is capitalist.
Marx is the choice to adopt for humanity. China is a living leadership in upholding this doctrine, reinforced with her ancient Chinese virtues and wisdom. Western Democracy breeds greed.
I think Obrador did the same for México. Look The Maya Train is amazing
Chinese Marxism is not static, it is fluid and dynamics and progressive. It's gone through process and transformation from traditional ideas to contemporary. A lot of western modern thinkers have been studying this, but it's still hard for them to understand. The key is when we stand for the good of all people and benevolence, the country will be prosperous. The unique thing is, this ideology cannot be copied by any countries, because it's deeply rooted in Chinese characteristics with abundant flourishing values, culture, traditions, along its way.
The Marxist method is fluid in its inception.
It's never dogmatic. And chairman Mao understood this.
the peoples republic of China is actually fascist and not communist. Fascism is a merger of state and corporate power which is what is going on in China.
@VVeltanschauung187 not true.
First of all they aren't reactionary. They're Marxist.
And the corporations don't have political power.
because chinese marxism is not marxism ...
I think the only westerners who truly understand can be found in and around the American Communist Party. They're the first western Marxists in generations who truly understood dialectic materialism and what makes it scientific.
long live Marx and Socialism
long live the proletariat
It did not function for example in eastern Germany. But, it did not function, because the "West" took great efforts to undermine everything, they made.
Com unixm did not function because it wasn't made to function. The idea was made in the west by ziobankers and their toraposse, They demonstrably created the environment for the revolts, financed and made the way for the revolutions that took over the governments everywhere in the world. They persuaded the masses by appealing to them with titles like equality, brotherhood, freedom. Hess and Marx originally pointed out to conquer and take the leadership of every country they entered to realize the world takeover dream of the tora. Com you nixm is an ethnic conspiracy. Romans wrote in antiquity that people have to be careful with those whoever offer those illusions to the masses. They clearly have something up their sleeves.
Marx and Socialism has caused the most death during peacetime than any other form of government by far.
Marx and Lenin are looking at us smiling from heaven
hahahahahha no. Mao is spinning in his grave right now along with lenin and marx to seeing china, russia and north korea turned into either fake capitalistic hellholes, imperialistic banana republics or the most horrendous regime to ever exist in the history of humanity respectively.
where they finaly seen god
@@Tundra1919 really? In “heaven” you say? A strange place to end up for two avowed atheists who views ideas such as heaven as an archaic myth to be destroyed.
@@charliemarkovic4301 doesn’t really matter, if heaven exists, they’re there, that’s for sure.
@@charliemarkovic4301 a common misinterpretation. Marx was opposed to the centralized domination of Christianity in Europe as it related to economic domination by the ownership class, given that those who could read and write were historically only the aristocracy and clergy. He was not opposed to spirituality in general. In fact, he was very critical of French colonialism in Algeria when he visited for French colonial authorities brutally dismembering Arabs and preventing them from proper Islamic burials.
Good to see that someone from Cuba was interviewed. This is an excellent documentary!
I teared up at the end. Marxism is the way forward.
workers of the world unite
So did I! ❤
revolution in our life time!
The countless millions of people who lost their lives during peacetime because of Marxism proves that you are insane.
This is the best video on this channel. I've been waiting for a more critical take from cgtn. I am not disappointed. Anti-dengism too. Really great work.
These documentaries are getting better! I think the music is a bit loud compared to their voices but still good!
No It sounds Very good here
Marx said, "A civilization can only progress if the video is uploaded in 1080p". CTGN comrades, can you upload in HD?
China's rise, out of poverty and starvation, i could see, when i was still young, is admirable. Our western capitalism is so corrupt and the so-called democracy works well, for the rich. I wish the Chinese People luck and hope that no imperialist Power will disturb their way. The sure will try.
It was Western capitalism that brought China out of poverty and starvation... it was Mao's Marxism that created that poverty and untold death.
Well said indeed.
At least you can criticise the government
@@AveragepoliticsEnjoyer oh yeah, i love when i criticize my government from under the bridge i live, specially after the only meal i can have in a day (intermitent fasting)
@@minho0o0o0o You work at sweat shop??
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is an underrated concept. It's the fundamental reason why China didn't fall like USSR or become capitalist/imperialist like the US.
As long as Socialism with Chinese Characteristics still works Marx will remain relevant in global stage.
Leninism was essencial to achieve any marxist goals. It started with people's war and liberation of the Land. Then The rebuilding of an entire economy Destroyed by decades of war. And now some Fake marxists want to say, Marx is relevant but Stalin IS not. Come on. Revisionism in 2024, are They Crazy. They think that ALL this anti Stalin bullshit in China Will lead to more socialism? And at the same time they Will talk about "learning from ussr mistakes". what have you learned If you are still a revisionist criminal! What saved China was exactly that mao never embraced revisionism.
Sweat shop with Chinese smoke 😂😂🤣🤣
@@AveragepoliticsEnjoyerYes, thanks to these sweatshops that the world depends on.
@@pleiadesstarr453 Nobody's deny that but the workers are in horrible conditions china ain't commie bro
@@AveragepoliticsEnjoyer Nobody said it was easy. They have to start somewhere to move up the values chain. China is on the right track though to be competitive.
This is a wonderfully produced documentary. Thank you. It's very informative.
Great documentary ! It could never appear in Slovenia or Europe on national tv, since here Marx is considered minor autor in last 30 years and mentioning him publicly you are imediatelly attacked and disqulified as Stalinist or worse.
Current conjuncture in Eastern Europe on communism is very negative. But conjunctures change, will change. Everything flows, everything changes, for life is dialectical.
Marx was actually an admirer of Adam Smith. Most neoclassical economists who quote "the invisible hand" haven't read The Wealth of Nations.
yes, understanding capitalism is essential for everyone with a brain
Marxism is not the way to do it. Marxism is a failed ideology that has proven nothing since the very beginning of its inception in Europe by Karl Marx.
Capitalism brought the greatest prosperity in the world than any other form of government. The countless millions of people who lost their lives during peacetime because of Marxism proves that it will never and can never work.
Thank you for this magnificent video and thank you President Xi Jinping for making this world a better place for the world to enjoy peace and prosperity for generations to come. Thank you, CHINA!!! Yes, Marx is still relevant, thank you.
While China bullies its neighbors out of their territory and resources... yup... enjoy the peace!
I am so very happy to see CGTN do this! There is huge appetite for Marxism in the West and rather than embracing this potential for Chinese soft power, Chinese offiicals too often push tepid commonplaces about calligraphy and moon cakes. The West pushed Smith and Hayek to great affect in China in the 90s. China should push Marx, Lenin and Mao in the West today.
The answer is it is!
the best thing about Uncle Marx is that he understood capitalism better than capitalists do, so even if someone hates or disagrees with him, his analysis is always proven to be correct. Since capitalism exists and refuses to die, capitalists ironically keep Marx relevant despite their hatred and fear of him.
I expected a deeper dive into chinese economic policy and marxism, the documentary left me only with unanswered questions
Fantastic documentary! Thank you, CCTN ❤
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I am Brazilian and I think that the success of the Chinese model has the capacity to change people's mindset about Marxism in other countries. Live long to marxism!
As a westener I rely and I hope, I prey as well, that China will NOT follow the confrontational path that the West, and the USA above all, have engaged toward China, as scapegoat of their own failures (failures of the West and the inequalities in the USA). I hope China will show the true values that found its reality to the rest of us in the West. A non divisive world view can be shared and China is capable of the best examples.
Thanks for the documentary comrades. Hopefully, you'll do more also on Mao, Lenin, Luxemburg et al. Greetings from Türkiye and a member from Workers' Party of Türkiye (TİP)! Long live Marxism-Leninism!
Indeed, the combined wisdom of Chinese culture with Soviet's wisdom on economics elevated China to be the top superpower. I think Lenin's wisdom has also proved to have aged spectacularly well, especially in his book "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism".
"Socialismo o barbarie"
Yes, particularly his idea of a metabolic rift with nature.
I mean, Stalin's model was very effective for it's time, but it was abandoned under Khrushchev - and that abandonment is what partially led to dissolution of USSR.
Though i'm not saying that China today should adopt Stalin's model, because time and conditions are completely different.
Short answer: yes
Long answer:
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Just hearing the way these heads of departments and parties and other organizations speak so capably is incredibly refreshing. I couldnt find anyone in a comparable position in my country, the usa, that would be able to speak so clearly about current geopolitical trends, or historical developments, nothing. Its nice to see educated regular people articulate positions with a clear rational and moral vision. Also, terrifying to realize how impossible that is to happen here. One of the many, many problems with our system. Good luck, and God bless your People's Republic.
Marx is more relevant now, than ever before. This is best shown through China's success... I've been there and experienced it first hand. I do appreciate that this video sends the message that Marxism MUST be sensitive to specific cultures (or else it will fail), and China is a shining example of it. Now, if only the imperialist/capitalist countries could learn from China's example!
Workers of the world unite!!!
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: Yes, and he will be relevant forever as long as mankind exists.
Informative and prescient video
people overhate marx, people need to read Engels and Lenin 🚩👍🏼
Marx is more relevant than ever before
He's more relevant than ever.
I will move to China soon!
Its necessary
实事求是，一切从实际出发！具体问题具体分析！对立统一规律，量变质变规律，否定之否定规律！这些馬克思主義的基本原理和方法，中国共产党也是付出了巨大的牺牲才逐步认识到的！这里面，毛泽东居功至伟！！！毫不夸张的说，没有毛泽东就没有中国共产党，中华人民共和国，中国人民解放军！
More relevant than ever.
More than ever!
Great doc!
Hoped I could listen to this as a podcast. But there are so many beautiful images of chinese every day´s life - I'll watch this later. 🙂
Marx is the MOST relevant thing today
I'm a good scientist. My latest conclusion is about the origin of spoken language: in the beginning, mankind was like the other animals in the woods in having an "absolute monarchy"; later, in order to do nothing other than (specifically) transition to a civilization which is centered around a court where trials may take place, many people (who couldn't possibly have been more aware of the nature of what they'd begun to do) agreed to begin learning & teaching spoken language.
What would Babajon Ghafurov, for example, write about me? LOL, how would he contextualize MY CONTRIBUTION within the Marxist-Leninist Framework of development throughout history? We need to start the whole thing over from scratch!
Nobody believes Marx became a supreme court judge, regardless of whether he became a revenant, or not! All he did was ditch the rabbis. He's just a regular guy, and he used irony in an ordinary way. He wasn't intending to make an all-encompassing anthrolopological thesis. Well, now we have one.
Maybe it is time for new social philosophies that match the challenges of our time.
Some things have not changed while other technological advancements even marx could not take into account and today a major backlash of the industrial age is climate change and ecology
There is this unfinished text of engels "dialectics of nature" which i think is very timely in this context
There is Socialist Ecology and Degrowth and many other Marx inspired forward looking ideologies addressing climate change and the environment. Marx is still relevant today because his critique of capitalism is accurate. Class war, imperialism, class struggle are still true today and people are looking to Marx for an explanation.
@@kevinjohnson9533 Degrowth is antimarxist and is more of an anarchist belief. Marxism is a science of socioeconomic development, it is basically a science of growth. So it cannot be made compatible with "degrowth." Ecosocialism is popular among Marxists these days but it takes a different form. Xi Jinping for example has repeatedly said that long-term growth requires taking care of the environment or else it would not be sustainable. Growth thus not only is compatible with environmentalism but environmentalism is necessary if you believe in growth. That's the Marxist position.
The book "marx in the anthropocene" is a reinterpretation of marxism through the lens of ecology, which is a major influence on the "degrowth" movement. I have my issues with that movement but it shows marxism is related to ideas of sustainable development/ecology
more than ever!
Get some Party for Socialism and Liberation people on here
He is more relevant than ever
i am proud of china, no racism, and peaceful equality between every race and species.
cooperation and community is the way, opening up the way for the human communication on our future.
全世界无产者，联合起来！
前进！不愿做奴隶的人们！🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
amazing things are happening in china
White cat, black cat, it doesn't matter as long as it catches mice ~ Deng Xiaoping
Capitalism is good in creating wealth but not in distribution ,, real capitalism doesn't work
A mix between the two is best
Leaving space for human greed with control and giving to the less lucky beings
And I want to add , seems like we are in race to the bottom.. which country can give less taxes+ more benefit to the rich to make them Richer? No I'm not saying we should take their wealth but.. don't tell me someone who has 100+ billion $ of wealth is because his "working hard". , more like others don't get what they deserve for their time and effort
if it wasn't for capitalism , corporations wouldn't outsource to china creating jobs
Disagree. Capitalism is not as good as a planned economy at creating wealth.
But a country must do business with the world hegemon in order to have some sovereignty.
The market economy will be relieved of its usefulness the moment America falls. Military speaking.
The Socialist system in China as well as Vietnam are not determined by finance capital
Think of stock markets as tools just like rifles or computers. Imperialists use them to extract wealth from the people and even each other. But they make investing in needed goods easier when led by a worker's state. Eventually they'll become obsolete through tech evolution.
That's what Deng visioned
I would say that one important thing for wealth creation is connection to the rest of the world. By gaining access to global trade, new technology and quicker growth can be achieved. People often highlight the "reform" of Deng, but the "opening up" is also crucial. The current path that China is on is one integrated with the global economy and pushing a new way forward, with state owned enterprises and businesses in the interest of the public increasingly leading the globe in technology and production. Although for a country in this current capitalist-dominated world, private enterprises and a market economy is useful, that doesn't mean that this is the most effective system. I think if socialism was the dominant political practice in the world, it would be countries holding onto old capitalist practices that would seem inefficient. Part of the genius of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is being pragmatic enough to survive and help peacefully create the conditions in the world for further socialist development. A system can't be judged in isolation from the global situation, as comparisons between the USSR and the USA often fell victim to.
Marxism is not only an ideology but also a science.
Short answer: more relevant than ever!!!
Yes. The United States is about to experience first hand how necessary Marxism is.
Marx aún es y seguirá siendo MUY relevante, aquellos que atacan sus posturas, temen sus verdades, el proletario triunfará, no dejaremos que el capital acabe con el planeta, será usado por y para el proletario
hes just as relevant now as he ever was, because capitalism still exists today
Marx laid the foundation for good governance. As time changes , people and things change , government change to suit current trends that maximize benefits for the people and the nation.
Marx's contributions aren't really about governance.
They're more about understanding capitalism and class society in the first place. In a philosophical, economical and political basis.
Who is the founding father of middle kingdom and what was his ideology based on
Why did Soviet change from Communist to Capitalist government
Cyna was once ruled by Kuomingtan Capitalist government until that Chairman M.. who studied Marxism in Soviet convince that his improvised version of Marxism ideology was well received by the people hence the birth of new kind of governance.
@@BrandyHeng007just blame the West for pressuring the Soviet government. The early days of Russia under Yeltsin were horrible.
Yes, he is.
Jes...fundamental...like Mao and Bordiga ❤❤
Realistically, China is a fast-developing country with a people-oriented government wise enough to utilize best approaches from planned and market economies. However, true socialism cannot be content with mere technological progress or creating prosperity for the masses. Socialism also contains the vision of a humanity elevating itself to ever new spiritual heights. Unfortunately, this is impossible as long as there is competition among countries and a pressing need for strong economies and militaries. True face of socialism and its potentials is not even fathomed yet.
24:57 where is the video clip of that conference I want to see it
Ofc Marx is still relevant, his critiques of capitalism still hold up to this day, it's just those who fear what his teachings will mean for their hoarded wealth, that make it seem like hes irrelevant.
Replies say that Western democracy is not relevant today; then, does democracy prevail in China? Does liberalism prevail in China? Where is the freedom of speech and thoughts?
Freedom to be an idiot doesn't exist in China. Freedom of Speech and Thoughts, there are thousands of activists freely rallying in China you just don't know it.
MARX IS THE BEST!
such way of interpreting whether marxism is still relevant today is so false. CGTN should bring better depth in discussing this theme instead of almost propagandizing a quite important topic.
20:13 Like Mao's "Red Guard" thing that was more or less militias running around the place destroying stuff!
Yeah, they revitalized rural services and stuff, but did that really require sacking people's homes and stuff?
11:27 finally someone speak something
first ❤
Off course not China economic model is a light year away from Marx's ideals, China is a pure capitalistic country and that's good
16:48 future of humanity
hagan la versión para CGTN en español
Marx is everywhere all the time.
read : " honorable survivor " lynne joiner
specialy the passage to the automn of 44 where mao summons JS service for a long interview in his house-cellar : this is the mao's marxism ...
more then ever
Why only 480p?
Gracias🎉. Consulta: podrían ustedes informar sobre las diferencias existentes entre el socialismo de la urss y China... Comunismo marxismo 'maoista' y 'sralinista'? Tanta tensión entre ambos pudo haberse generado??!! Eran tan diferentes?!!?... qué pasó ahí?! ... y: qué marravilloso china y rusia estén juntos ahora 🎉
Marxism said that to achieve Communism have to eliminate private sectors.
They are talking about marxism with chinese characteristics, like mao Said since The first days of chinese republic. Stalin was Called traitor by fake marxists for the same reason during NEP períod of economic reconstruction
If you talk about a dichotomy between state and private sectors than no, Marx did not say that.
Stalin defended NEP until the late 1920s as far as I'm aware. In fact, contrary to Lenin, he thought the Russian State should give up its monopoly on foreign trade.
He then adopted 5 year plans and a policy geared to industrialisation, which the left opposition had been advocating for.
Only, it was implemented in a ruthlessly top down, dictatorial manner.
The policy of the comintern under Stalin was for the Chinese Communists to literally join/merge with the Nationalists and pursue a bourgeois revolution - which was the Menshivik line in Russia which the Bolsheviks led by Lenin, abandoned in April 1917.
Stalin's policy via the Chinese communists resulted in them being literally slaughtered.
China uses the capitalist market to achieve socialism. Capitalist growth and abundance for national and community needs. State owned companies alongside private companies with banking and finance controlled by the state. China controls capitalism. In China a Billionaire can go to jail, in America the billionaires are the government.
Marx also said that you cannot eliminate the private sector by decree, that you can only eliminate it in proportion to the level of socialization of production, and the socialization of production is something that is produced by markets. Marx never advocated for just banning all private property, this is a myth and would contradict with historical materialism. Marx only called for nationalizing the heights of the economy, the biggest and most centralized enterprises, and then viewed that the rest would become nationalized over a very very long period of time, but he never put a timeline on how long he'd think this would take for the rest of the economy to become socialized. The Stalin Model is called the "Stalin Model" for a reason. Outlawing all private property immediately was never a part of Marxism originally, it was something Stalin came up with.
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Very Nice Video😊
720p at least please.
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It should not take 25 minutes to say yea
The transcendentalism of what this piece imbues into "Marxism" in China frustrates me. The ideology it is laced with creates a potent aroma.
Anyway poetic complaints aside, Lomanov should not be treated as seriously as he is. The religiosity and traditions that the USSR failed to account for in their application of Marx is one of the most asinine critiques I've heard from a political theorist of any kind, and post-Communist comparative studies is FRAUGHT with transcendentalist expressions and explanations ranging from the fetishistic sway of the party to the idolatry of the worker.
You want Marx? You got Base (material conditions) and Superstructure (culture, norms, values, ideas). In order to fully bring a society into a Marxist conception of capitalism, you have a period of repossession of wealth producing property under a government of the working class, and the establishment of policies beneficial to the working class, while the former bourgeois are dispossessed and are not allowed to have any vestige of power until they're fully working class.
Nowhere in engaging a given society with a revolution is it said, "you must adapt the previous culture to the new society you're building". It's a clever misappropriation, and a tactful one at that.
Can we please start Bernie Sandersism style socialism
What would emerge if WE, the global north, OECD… took a hard and critical look at our own political economy, our practices and beliefs?
How were «things» here, back when Marx (and numerous others) built on i.e. Hegel to create this practical framework of critical thought and analysis?
What or who strangled European people at large back then - and again now, as our own «economy» is distorted and exploited?
The answers are HERE in our own «western» societies. Look to & at ourselves, at least before blaming «the others». The so called free world indeed made its own choices, right?
Right…? (Literally…) 😊
china gives us hope
Marx is a genius and his science is forever
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LONG LIVE MARXISM-LENINISM!
NEED THIS IN SPANISH PLEASE! Xie xie!
give me more chinese marxism cgtn please
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