Political: 'Red/State Capitalism' movement

This is a random idea that came to my mind tonight. Mods, more to Future if it is too recent maybe, OR Polit chat if needed..

What if someone synthetised, unified the politics of post-Mao PRC as a coherent unity, ensemble, judging it 'works' in his or her mind, AND could be exported (and that maybe occidental phillosphies and politics have a 'deep flaw' maybe, based on 'egoism and selfishness uncontrolled', unreigned')?
What of someone ideologized, formulated this ideology formally, the 'red/state capitalism' - a mix of remaining communism, hard state, the group and all, united with an heavy or not so intervening state in a capitalism (or close to) economy?? Maybe mixed with, as I pointed, a sort of 'anti-anarchist', 'anti-occidental individualism', collective rights over personal rights ideas, albeit fused with capitalism and market? Be it in PRC, or maybe abroad, like Taiwan ironically?

It can be done otherwise - something similar made homebrew, not copied/ from PRC (who may not exist in ATL), or with other ingredients, like more recent schools of 'Neoconfuscianism', Hobbes's ideas on men maybe, etc...

Would it get some traction, some popularity, some credo SPECIALLY in occident (maybe a certain fatigue with current ideas, a certain idealisation maybe...)? Who and where?


And how would that be called? I could see in chineese something like.. Zhonghuo(?) Capitalism, or 'Yellow Stars Way', maybe...


(Disclaimer; I am no fan of the PRC. Just some.. weird idea, possibly distopian.)
 
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This might fit better in the Future History section, because the Chinese economy is a model that many people now view as being an alternative to liberal/private capitalism and so it could potentially be codified like this in the future.

If China's economy doesn't overheat in the next few years and Europe continues to struggle, state capitalism could be seen as the wave of the future by many leaders in emerging markets. Personally I doubt China's boom will last, but it could stay around long enough for someone to codify state capitalism as an ideology.
 
Yes possibly indeed...

Also, the autoritarian edge.. I could see some wishing going to the conclusions of Hobbes, on how men 'needs authority' on this aspect...
 
If you want to set it in the past, how about having Lee Kwan Yew write some kind of manifesto describing his visions for Singapore's economy? Maybe his ideas could be adopted by several post-communist countries after the end of the Cold War.
 
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If you want to set it in the past, how about having Lee Kwan Yew write some kind of manifesto describing his visions for Singapore's economy? Maybe his ideas could be adopted by several post-communist countries after the end of the Cold War.

Good one, forgot about this man. He sure held the autoritarian side of it too (harsh drugs deals penalities, by example).
 
Good one, forgot about this man. He sure held the autoritarian side of it too (harsh drugs deals penalities, by example).

I could see it becoming popular among African dictators - it'd be a good way to get IMF loans and investment while still oppressing the citizenry and leaving a path for graft.
 
I could see it becoming popular among African dictators - it'd be a good way to get IMF loans and investment while still oppressing the citizenry and leaving a path for graft.

Actually, the ideology would allow them to economically develop their countries a lot more than what the IMF normally suggests, however I doubt they would really take to it because of the graft issues it could open up.
 
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