• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    25·
    6 days ago

    China’s vote here is in keeping with their position on state sovereignty, they likely view this as outside interference towards a country’s internal matters. Not just their own but all their partners like russia and the middle east.

    Not sure how you can be for sovereignty and also for outside organisations seeking to apply external pressures on nation policy tbh.

    • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      5 days ago

      If the United Nations was less west-dominated in character, then I would be 100% for outside orgs controlled by it applying external pressures on nation policy for the same reason that I am 100% in favor of a national government applying pressure on a conservative region within its borders to enact a progressive policy. It is only because the UN is dominated by international capital and regularly uses humanitarian language to justify its awful actions that I can agree with your logic here.

      • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        5 days ago

        It’s not about the UN, it’s about the primary contradiction.

        China’s sees imperialism vs anti-imperialism is the primary contradiction in the world, and that the imperial core countries will never have revolutions until they no longer materially benefit from the resources they take from the periphery.

        China’s position on sovereignty will strengthen the periphery countries until they are strong enough to resist imperialism, at which point the imperial core will lose their resources. When this happens the core countries will not accept the loss of profit, they will pursue it elsewhere and the only place to pursue it will be to cannibalise the core. This cannibalisation will result in the conditions for revolution in core countries.

        China is maintaining complete consistency on their sovereignty position because it’s supposed to lead to the conditions necessary for communism to win.