for me its not a open society. Chinese citizen's don't live in what Karl popper calls a open society. and although he was a Libertarian he has a good point. a open society is a society where you have freedom of speech meaning you can criticize the government a society where you have the right to assemble and march for political goals. this is important as it allows for minority's to stand for better treatment by there neighbors. it also allows for society to develop based on a output by the minority resulting in a society where less people suffer.
it seems like reform would just leave the bourgeoisie to either corrupt the party or destroy it outright by force. suppose it where to go militant would the bourgeoisie just use modern surveillance facial recognition etc to grab the upper hand and destroy any revolution.
i was wondering what your thoughts on trotskyism are and if you have any criticism