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Not only is the PRC not imperialist, it's also succeeding in its goals of boosting domestic consumption. While I appreciate the May Day celebration, the MLM error is on full display here.
I'm not fully convinced by any sides of that discussion. Nor I dismiss arguments. Just learning, really.
Fair enough. I recommend the essay I linked regarding the allegations of China as "imperialist," and Problems with Maoism for an introduction to the Marxist-Leninist problems with the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist position in general. Mao was a brilliant Marxist-Leninist, don't get me wrong, but Maoism as an ideology invented by post-Mao people is not.