SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Why Does the West Lecture China So Much About “Democracy”?

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Translated from Spanish

Why Does the West Lecture China So Much About “Democracy”?

In the Western system, every 4 or 5 years a grand electoral spectacle is staged: promises, multimillion-dollar campaigns, and changes of faces.

But in the end, the real power (financial capital, large corporations, and elites) remains intact.

People vote, but fundamental economic policies rarely change.

This is what Marx called bourgeois democracy: a form where the people elect their rulers, but do not decide the direction of the economy or society.

China operates under a socialist model with Chinese characteristics, a direct heir to the 1949 Chinese Revolution.

According to the Marxist-Leninist vision:

The Communist Party acts as the vanguard of the working class and the people.

The State is not at the service of private capital, but rather directs the economy toward long-term national objectives.

The priority is not the profit of a few, but productive development and collective well-being.

That’s why China can plan decades ahead: eradicate extreme poverty, build the world’s largest high-speed rail network, lead in renewables and technology… without depending on short-term electoral cycles.

It is not a “dictatorship” as repeated in the West.

It is a concentrated people’s democracy, where the Party seeks consensus and stability to serve the historical interests of the Chinese people.

This is the core of scientific socialism.

 putting politics and the economy at the service of the majorities, not the privileged minorities.