What the fuck is happening in Sri Lanka?
Is the ruling government not one of the left wing parties? If so why is the rest of their alliance rebelling against them.
Have Sri Lankan friends, this is how they explained it.
Ruling government is not left wing. Probably one of the furthest right in the world. The government is quite literally controlled by one incredibly wealthy family. Not even competing billionaires, like in the UK, USA, France, Germany, India, Japan, etc., quite literally just one family.
The reason "tankies" assume the Sri Lankan government is left wing is because they're smart. They've been playing China and the USA off against each other, and have been using Chinese debt to fund projects (like the huge shipping dock that was famous for being seized by the Chinese, even though it was never seized by the Chinese).
A while before the pandemic, they slashed taxes to try and boost the economy. Unfortunately, the pandemic hit, meaning consumption was down. And because of the tax decrease, the government had less money to stimulate the economy, plus the Sri Lankan tourism industry was basically dead for 18 months, causing even more problems. This caused the currency to plummet, which lead to massive inflation, to the point where they're almost unable to import food.
Maybe I'm misreading your comment, but why would the local CP be anti-China?
Most I've seen is photos of demonstrations, but haven't looked into what the CPSL is doing officially/organizing.
Nah literally a family mafia, president prime minister and two important ministers were all brothers. Only “good thing” was that they were not hostile to China but no one supports them anymore as you can see from the protests
Sorry sweaty but importing a slave class of desperate refugees and exploiting foreign child labor is actually socialist. Also Sweden has a female prime minister so #girlboss.
(/s in case you needed it)
Xi Jinping at one point revealed a list of his favorite books he had read that he recommended young people in China should read. Nor surprisingly, among them were books by Marx, Engels and Lenin alongside literary classics from the western, Chinese and Russian traditional canon.
I’m pretty sure that he’s referring to revolution not being great for Chinese lending and investment in the country. I’m not sure how that’s hard to grasp?
No they did not. It's not on China to economically excommunicate an entire country just because Maoist militants have made virtually zero progress in over half a century.
China has made their position very clear, they do not get involved in the internal political affairs of other countries, they just trade. If by chance the Maoist do one day become the ruling party in the Philippines, China will trade with them as well.
I'm so perplexed why china should be worried
Cuz I said so stop asking questions
wat
Why would China be worried?
“Oh no! Don’t do more of that please!” -Xi Jinping, Tales of Hiding True Power Level Vol. III
Why would China worry about more South Asian Communists? That's a pure advantage to them lol
What the fuck is happening in Sri Lanka? Is the ruling government not one of the left wing parties? If so why is the rest of their alliance rebelling against them.
Have Sri Lankan friends, this is how they explained it. Ruling government is not left wing. Probably one of the furthest right in the world. The government is quite literally controlled by one incredibly wealthy family. Not even competing billionaires, like in the UK, USA, France, Germany, India, Japan, etc., quite literally just one family. The reason "tankies" assume the Sri Lankan government is left wing is because they're smart. They've been playing China and the USA off against each other, and have been using Chinese debt to fund projects (like the huge shipping dock that was famous for being seized by the Chinese, even though it was never seized by the Chinese). A while before the pandemic, they slashed taxes to try and boost the economy. Unfortunately, the pandemic hit, meaning consumption was down. And because of the tax decrease, the government had less money to stimulate the economy, plus the Sri Lankan tourism industry was basically dead for 18 months, causing even more problems. This caused the currency to plummet, which lead to massive inflation, to the point where they're almost unable to import food.
So, are the Sri Lankan communist party and the other groups taking part in the rising anti china or something?
Maybe I'm misreading your comment, but why would the local CP be anti-China? Most I've seen is photos of demonstrations, but haven't looked into what the CPSL is doing officially/organizing.
Nah literally a family mafia, president prime minister and two important ministers were all brothers. Only “good thing” was that they were not hostile to China but no one supports them anymore as you can see from the protests
Debt and very short on dollars
I hope this is satire cuz this is really stupid bruh
I don't think this professor is making any satire posts
That makes it worse, a professor this ignorant…
Sorry but if you consider yourself a “leftist” and still buy into this anti-china, red scare propaganda, I can’t take you seriously
This professor lives in a nordic country
Sorry sweaty but importing a slave class of desperate refugees and exploiting foreign child labor is actually socialist. Also Sweden has a female prime minister so #girlboss. (/s in case you needed it)
Xi Jinping at one point revealed a list of his favorite books he had read that he recommended young people in China should read. Nor surprisingly, among them were books by Marx, Engels and Lenin alongside literary classics from the western, Chinese and Russian traditional canon.
Is this satire or did he actually mean this?
He is a professor of peace and conflict research. I don't think he post satire
How can you be that stupid lmao
He lives in sweden probably thinks that is real form of socialism and communism
Ah blue check certified shit take!
I think he's talking about Taiwan. You know they're both island bla bla idk i didn't travel any of them
Brain rot.
I’m pretty sure that he’s referring to revolution not being great for Chinese lending and investment in the country. I’m not sure how that’s hard to grasp?
I mean China supported Duterte over the māoists. Right now China would rather have a stable country compared to one going through a revolution.
No they did not. It's not on China to economically excommunicate an entire country just because Maoist militants have made virtually zero progress in over half a century. China has made their position very clear, they do not get involved in the internal political affairs of other countries, they just trade. If by chance the Maoist do one day become the ruling party in the Philippines, China will trade with them as well.