Mao and the founders of SWCC are really good on this: they understand these contradictions as tiers: IE primary contradictions, secondary contradictions, and more further down. By prioritizing / ranking contradictions, we can better outline our goals and strategy.
The primary contradiction in the world today is imperialism, or the exploitation / theft of value from poor countries to feed the rich ones. The largest source of surplus value is the theft of value from super-exploited proles in global south, making products for imperial-core consumers while being paid wages from the 1800s. They are coerced into doing this by the financial and military power of the US and Europe.
Whatever secondary / tertiary contradictions may exist in countries that don’t openly espouse socialist values, Iran, Russia, and many others are doing their best to attack the primary contradiction, imperialism, and deserve our support.
Mao and the founders of SWCC are really good on this: they understand these contradictions as tiers: IE primary contradictions, secondary contradictions, and more further down. By prioritizing / ranking contradictions, we can better outline our goals and strategy.
The primary contradiction in the world today is imperialism, or the exploitation / theft of value from poor countries to feed the rich ones. The largest source of surplus value is the theft of value from super-exploited proles in global south, making products for imperial-core consumers while being paid wages from the 1800s. They are coerced into doing this by the financial and military power of the US and Europe.
Whatever secondary / tertiary contradictions may exist in countries that don’t openly espouse socialist values, Iran, Russia, and many others are doing their best to attack the primary contradiction, imperialism, and deserve our support.
Well said. I could not agree more.