As an aside, how long before they start burning the Manifesto claiming it's actually not "communist" at all? Like seriously, at a certain point, a government can't claim such a title without completely eschewing the meaning, and CPC gone above and beyond not matching the text they use to symbolize their power, and further do so with this. Then again, I suppose the same could be said of the "democratic" DPRK and DRC as well, among other hypocrisies throughout the world's governments, so, it's not without precedent...
On topic, though, shit's getting scarier by the day, and I have no idea how this is something that can be solved peacefully without a lot of luck. I'm not advocating for war, least of all a US-lead war, of course, and never would. Such authoritarianism is simply horrific though, and our own economy, as corporations wish to pursue, relies upon looking the other way, and in turn is responsible for emboldening CPC. Just... fucksake. It's so mortifying, feeling so powerless. Our literal only hope to stop suffering without is to stop suffering within and no one in power, whether due to votes or money (often both), wants to do either. Gah...
