Sorry for horrible title, let me explain
I’m a fairly new commie with some readings, and I’ve been thinking: is communism or at least an advanced socialist society achievable through continuous reform if the State is controlled by the working class? China in my eyes is advancing socialism even with a bourgeois class still owning much of the means of production, so the rule of capital is still in place, with the central socialist government using it to its needs. When I speak to my comrades in my party (UP in Brazil, they’re ML - staunch anti-China “officially” but there are plenty of pro-China inside of the party) the anti-China ones always say there can’t be socialist advancement while the bourgeoisie exist, or while there are market relations.
Anyways, I’m sorry if I was not very clear:
Is the betterment of the working class and a push to communist relations to the means of production possible through gradual means when the working class is in charge of the State and the economy?
Communism can only exist globally in a world without scarcity. So while I wholeheartedly accept socialism in one country, I think we have to acknowledge that China isn’t going to reach communism alone.
I do however think that Marxism is nothing if not constantly adapting or “reforming” to changing material conditions. So if the dictatorship of the proletariat remains, I think this is the only path towards developing socialism