Message from @Atkins
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oh god, that was a good one Cat
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>China is capitalist
Shitposting is in the other channel
Um, okay?
at best you could call it state capitalism.
China has many issues that hold it back and will continue to do so
But the Chinese have managed in a way the Soviets never could
State Capitalism is like a People's Republic
It's just a command economy
China also holds a stranglehold over many rare earth minerals we need for our war machine
The ideal situation in the EU is for them to go ahead and start WW3 just in time for the UK to waffle on their Brexit deal again, and the war to drag the UK in just long enough to flush out all the lefties and make them decide "oh shit, we DO want Brexit now, because we're anti-war", then let them back out in a kneejerk sudden hard-brexit deal.
Then everything I already said happen in the EU.
And... after that... let... capitalist china... get good trade deals with the EU? I think? Not sure how this would be a bad thing, if we take Cat at her word that china is capitalists now.
There are many private companies in China.
i don't know about command economy. the central government isn't directing quotas and production goals.
but they do have override power
and can interfere freely in any "private" business for government purposes.
Canada is exerts more communist/socialist control over industry than China.
Yes, privatized companies are a recent thing in China, but the grip of the Iron Fist is still strong.
i think the nazis would look at the chinese economy and say they had the right idea
The US exerts control over economies as well. Take a look at how we use governmental policies to prop up industries like ethanol.
China is still heavily communist and the leadership demonstrates it. The thing is they've realized that a capitalist approach to their economy allows it to flourish in a superior manner. They are still communists at their core and in all of their beliefs and power structure.
Agreed, @JustTom . See, I can say it, and not just over GLBT stuff.
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I think you are mistaking communist for authoritarian
Fascists don't generally have strong parties. They have strong leaders.
I think first people are mistaking socialism and communism
That said, China follows Marx and Lenin about as much as Donald Trump does.
"The goal of Socialism is Communism" - Vladimir Lenin
Maoism, Stalinism etc are Socialist systems. There are no communist systems because they die in the Socialist transition state
It's about strength, not ideology
I don't think anyone in the CCP actually believes in the worker's paradise
They've totally bought in the "capitalism with Chinese characteristics"
Chinese characteristics means a strong central state and the whole over the individual
But they still masturbate every night to the photos of Mao.
Who here has been to china in the last several years?
The CCP looks to the emperors of old. What was the Mandate of Heaven" ? To keep the rivers from flooding.
I know multiple people from there, who have visited there recently
Why?
Big public works projects were proof of authority to lead
My wife has been there. She's an Asian Studies major. Focus on Japan, Korea, and China.