What is Bureaucrat Capitalism? | On Oppressed-Nation Economies

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Further Reading:

Edith B. (2022). “Notes on Bureaucratic-Comprador Capitalism: Pasaron” (ESSENTIAL READING! Available as PDF on Marxism Today’s Discord server – Direct Message or join Patreon to gain access)

**This is a founding document of CPI (Maoist) that, while essential reading, should also be accompanied by the following more recent analysis of India’s relations of productions today in the 2020s (which is also MUCH easier to read as the PDF is in chronological order)

**This provides a basic introduction to the concept of bureaucrat capitalism by Mao, though in less fleshed-out form than in the analyses above.

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction
3:45 Imperialism: A Refresher
7:18 Bureaucrat Capitalism
8:45 1st Stage: Private-Monopoly Capitalism
10:05 2nd Stage: State-Monopoly Capitalism
12:25 Class Character of Bureaucrat Capitalism
14:25 Semi-Colonialism & Semi-Feudalism
20:11 On Revolutionary Strategy
24:37 Recap
27:34 Further Reading + Examples
29:58 Credits

[Marxism_Today]

Welp. After doing that Left on Replay video on Undertale and now making this, I can definitely see why some people might describe these educational videos as a bit dry 😆

[caramelldansen]

Fantastic video, comrade... as always, of course!
Feels bad reading Semifeudalism in the Philippines... Rest in power, comrade Sison! 😔✊

[odysseus]

Unfathomably informative! I wish our people understood these principles every time our government invited foreign companies to exploit the Greek labor force and then send the profits back abroad in the name of "development". Bravo!

[illustrations]

Love u Paul comrade from Pakistan
Love to all revolutionaries of world .

[eli-ole]

Your videos are so insightful, well-made, and overall nice (and not solely because of Paul’s Irish accent, lmao). You’ve earned yourself a new subscriber

[khienatyell]

Another bangsr video, love your educational content! Your channel is still the best when it comes to complex topics being condensed into short explanation

Also Deprogram when :) you've had all the Bois, time to return the favor and intrude in on them!

[ZR-VD]

Wonderful video! The further suggested reading makes it a 10/10. These are the kinda of videos that Marxists need. Well done informative primers and then materials to expand and strengthen it after.

[RedFenianPunk]

Great video and another helpful one for me in describing it all to people who are learning about this. Also fills in a few gaps in my own knowledge! As always much appreciated! Thanks much love and solidarity, comrade!! :)

[bobhanley]

Hi Paul, love the video.
Just one thing: the CPI(Maoist) numbering isn't a secret Indian approach to numbers, their text has simply been formatted to print as a series of pamphlets or signatures. You can tell because the page numbers on the right hand and left hand sides always add to a constant number within a given section.
Perhaps you knew this all along and thought too much familiarity with pamphlet-printing would make you look like a Trotskyist? lol
Keep up the good work

[rug]

this was really informative! I'm not so familiar with this topic so this video is much appreciated!

[Hsalf]

This was really well done and informative, GRMA!

[nuvisionprinting]

Loving your work Paul! Can't fault the content of the video in any way!

I have one issue with this video and that is the semblance that for some reason is more prevalent today.

[jacobedward]

Kersplebedeb publications? That's a fun word..

Kersplebedeb!

[aureliaqueen]

I haven't finished watching the video but it's great

[jaegrant]

I think another way oppressed countries are oppressed further, even if successful according to capitalism.
Is that people are made to feel their way of life is substandard. That somehow the people in the "developed" countries live better lives.
Living in a semi agrarian lifestyle with large, connected, sufficient communities is a dream for many people. But society and media snicker and snigger at such things, making people believe their lives a crap by comparison.

[Fallenburg]

Very good description of this topic! We need more information regarding this system because people know so little about how Capitalism and Imperialism works in oppressed nations. Here in Iran things are beyond fixing, as people crave for the deposed monarch's son to make another monarchy instead of current theocracy but the people in charge will remain the same. The only thing they'll do is to replace their cleric robes with suits and ties and the nation still will be under Imperialist oppression and domestic Capitalists exploitation.

Hope to see more videos on this.

[lordcharfield]

I hope you return to do some more videos. I will consider supporting you then! Many thanks 🙏

[guapodesperado]

Great video.
I can't help but think that this is the kind of video that Contrapoints, Philosophy Tube, Shaun, Moon, and the like would be making if they weren't secretly (or not so secretly) tools for neoliberalism.

[El_Guapo]

Holy shit….I get it. Like I genuinely understand it. THANK YOU!

[RedMonk]

Some modern examples of different capitalisms would be helpful to distinguish between different systems.