Grave news, isn't it? Fortunately, the reality is quite different. Well, at least in China (I have no idea of Russians).
The author is right about the fade of ideology. CCP has evolved into a pragmatic authority, with the main goal to protect their continued rule. They had success in the economic reform, but it also leads to less effective propagandas, individual intellectual thinkings and inevitably social and political awareness.
Being pragmatic, CCP has to make numerous compromise in order to keep its rule, shaping the current Chinese society. Among the most prominent ones are: free speech, the evolution of education, admission of Capitalists and mid-class into the party, and the legislation of private property protection.
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