Coups, war and peace: a new century or a new tragedy?

If we consider that the Cold War was a conflict primarily between imperialist colonialism and anti-imperialism, then it started not in 1945, but in 1917, with the Bolshevik RevolutionAlthough Czarist Russia was an imperialist nation, it nevertheless was servile to British and French financial interests. The October Revolution freed the nation from these chains, and turned it into the most powerful anti-imperialist country in history.The Soviet Union’s insurmountable strength was proven when it defeated the Nazi-fascist colonialist project for Europe, as well as defeating Japanese imperialism in Manchuria. Colonialism suffered another devastating blow with the Chinese Revolution in 1949, and the Korean War not long after.From there, the imperialist sphere suffered defeat after defeat: Africa and Asia was decolonized after brutal armed conflicts. Latin America, although under the thumb of the U.S and its puppet dictators, saw a wave of democracy in the 1980’s, a wave that resulted in the Pink Wave in the 21th century.That isn’t to say that imperialism and colonialism were completely destroyed: the U.S and Europe continued to promote coups, sabotage, Civil wars and direct invasions around the third world. But the colonialist discourse was severely toned down, or at least hidden under new mottos.From this perspective, the Cold War was won by the Soviet Union and its anti-colonialist project. The Soviet Union’s style of modernization (from agrarianism with feudal elements to industrialization) also won, and nowadays feudal elements are not as significant in the third world as they once were.But this victory was bittersweet; although Soviet modernization and anti-colonialism won, the Soviet Union itself collapsed, betrayed by its own ranks, but also plagued by its own economic problems. Why did this happen?The Communist Party of China has an answer: capitalism changed. Not fundamentally, of course, but the methods it uses. Faced with the competition of the Socialist Bloc, capitalism adopted certain economic planning and social welfare; faced with anti-imperialism, capitalism replaced direct invasions and occupation with more “subtle” methods. Faced with an antithesis, capitalism became a synthesis.Therefore, the Soviet Union in its current mold lost its usefulness, and when it failed to adapt, it collapsed. But its legacy, at least in an essential form, continued.Now China is the new face of anti-imperialism and modernization, but in a different form. In anti-imperialism, especially, China does not support war and revolution, but economic integration, representation and stability.It may not be the method many comrades support, but it sure is one that the U.S and Western Europe hates. Venezuela, Cuba, Iran and Russia are maintained primarily with the economic relations with China. Of corse China gains cheap resources in this exchange, but it still weakens the U.S hegemony in a major way.Again, it’s not as if there are no more coups or wars. But the number and effectiveness of such tools is constantly diminishing. For each coup Amerikkka funds, a dozen other nations go astray. The U.S and Europe can no longer hold the third world in its hands like in the past, and they know it. And they are nervous.We may shudder at the coup currently in place in Bolivia, still believing that the U.S is this omnipotent and omniscient figure. In truth, it’s a paper tiger. Only its shadow is menacing. via /r/communism https://ift.tt/3650coc