It also depends on what "two state solution" actually means. Traditionally, Israel has made such solutions impossible. The "you go your way, we'll go ours" has been off the table because Israel doesn't want that, they want the entire land and the expulsion of Palestine entirely.
A two-state solution, where there's a kind of federation between them might actually work. The federation would have to abide by international committees and violations by either state would be subject to some kind of punishment (be it trade deals or even military action in severe cases).
The first problem, though, is the weapons supply and military training from the West. If that were cut off, it would take maybe a year of bloody gorilla fighting, but the playing field would be relatively equal at that point and then it'd be anybody's guess who'd win out. Getting the USA to slowly wean away support would mean negotiating partially on their terms.
In other words, Xi could just be giving the USA a peaceful "out" here, if they take it. The USA can save face and support a ramp down of the situation instead of escalation. I don't see that happening near-term, but lots can change in the next few years and this play by China might just be the thing that allows a better situation to happen here.
To be clear, capital - the value produced from society that is cycled back into society to develop further surplus - isn't the problem, it's capital within capitalism. Capital doesn't have the "insatiable appetite" but rather capitalists, who control most of the capital, do. How we handle capital is a large part of what defines the system.
"What? Me? On equal ground with the dirty commoner? Good heavens, no!" - bourgeoisie
Human psychology suggests that major life changes require a lot of time to process the internalization we have while going through them. We have to unpack things and question our own assumptions and be honest with ourselves on things we thought we'd never have to be honest with ourselves about.
I think that most people becoming socialists are coming from the toxic ideology of liberalism. Liberalism is a mental cage, designed to keep people captive in the predominant mode, all while thinking they're actually free! When becoming a socialist, it's a real struggled to free oneself from the shackles of liberal thought. It's really, really tough. And it takes a lot of time, just like any change.
During a transition period from liberalism to socialism (technically, Marxism), people go through large periods of doubt and frustration and pessimism. But don't let that get you off track. It's natural and normal. You're just starting to see the world for what it is, rather than what the powerful want you to believe it is. And the world is confusing and wild and lots of ugly. So it's alarming.
Keep the course. Stay steady on. You'll get out of the murky waters eventually. Once you can use material dialectics to analyze news and current events and history and movies and ... then you'll start realizing that the world was always this way and there's no real sense in getting down about it. Live your life, do your part and push things a little further along.
None of the timings of things are up to us. It's only on us to be ready for when the moment's right. And to be humble enough to also be ready for that moment to be after we're gone. Regardless of the circumstances, a socialist's job is always the same: educate, agitate and organize.
Thanks. I'll check that out.
I don't think there's real evidence the Uyghur thing is actual genocide. Nothing points to that. We might be able to say that China is overdoing it and has fallen into the territory of negatively effecting the culture and identity of those people. But it's certain not actual genocide. They're dealing with serious issues of terrorism on their borders and the ideology of those terrorist factions has latched onto their culture and identity. Sussing all that out is an impossible task. Yet they must do something because too many innocent people were being killed by bombings.
I don't agree with China's methods there. Simultaneously, I can recognize that when the USA has similar issues (9/11 attacks for example), they chose outright war and killing millions of innocent people in the name of defeating terrorism (which they, predictably, never accomplished). So, um, if given these two bad options, I think China did better.
But, more importantly, I think China's trajectory is much better. As capitalism gets more desperate, it's been closing borders, allowing helpless immigrants to drown in boats, destabilizing countries, etc. Meanwhile, China continues to improve their methods of dealing with sticky situations and not just rolling in the tanks at the first sign of trouble (like they used to).
Anyway. That's the extent that I know about that stuff (lots of listening to David Dumbrill's stuff on YouTube).
But you are right that conversation is impossible while the "Uyghur issue" exists.
As the Western world grows more intolerant and various nations continue to favor their preferred religions over others, I've become more critical of the Western claim of superior religious freedom. But inevitably, I get into it with liberal online who, having bad sources or none at all, claim that China is worse when it comes to religious freedom.
I don't think it's useful to defend everything a state does. They often make mistakes and use their violence in the wrong way. But I do think China in particular doesn't have the same issues with religion as the Western countries do. Namely, they don't allow one religion to dominate over others or set their laws on the basis of religious beliefs. To me, that's an incredible step forward (I like in the USA, where women's reproductive rights were just taken away in part on the grounds that the Bible (supposedly) says so).
But I'd like to be a little more educated. Finding any good resources on China these days is like trying to find anything on the internet before Google existed: you gotta just feel in the dark and hope you get lucky.
I cannot reason with the libs. They do not reason well. For example, pointing out the sheer lack of religious freedom that many face in Western countries does not phase them. They don't care (usually they're privileged to not).
So can somebody point me in the right direction? Even a book or paper on the topic would be great.
Not saying we should trust it or anything but NordVPN does have a "no-logs" policy.