Message from @Aero

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2018-11-23 14:35:55 UTC  

holy balls

2018-11-23 14:36:21 UTC  

I am actually not sure what to call some of the mixed economies in China.

2018-11-23 14:36:30 UTC  

There are markets, to some degree.

2018-11-23 14:36:47 UTC  

@Undead Mockingbird considering the government owns controlling shares in major private business, is it fair to call it a market?

2018-11-23 14:36:47 UTC  

Capitalism requires private property (both in goods and personal stuff) + right to profit off trade

under socialism, your property belongs to the state, ergo it can't be capitalism

2018-11-23 14:36:57 UTC  

I am not sure if you add any explanatory value by assigning these kind of terms.

2018-11-23 14:37:15 UTC  

As long as you characterize each aspect correctly, what you call the whole is secondary.

2018-11-23 14:37:33 UTC  

Just becuase the shares are owned by the government, does not mean 100% of shit is decided by the government

2018-11-23 14:37:36 UTC  

the term is predicated on the combination of aspects

2018-11-23 14:37:37 UTC  

Btw

2018-11-23 14:37:40 UTC  

the sum total of decisions

2018-11-23 14:37:48 UTC  

No, but deciding things is not what makes a system capitalist

2018-11-23 14:37:57 UTC  

ownership determines capitalism

2018-11-23 14:37:59 UTC  

No, it's probably not fair to call it a market, as a whole.

2018-11-23 14:38:00 UTC  

But like hey

2018-11-23 14:38:10 UTC  

the government owns businesses, land, and the means of production overall

2018-11-23 14:38:11 UTC  

Let's just say your right beeman

2018-11-23 14:38:26 UTC  

What do you call a market, run by the government?

2018-11-23 14:38:39 UTC  

You're both wrong, codes and beeman

2018-11-23 14:38:44 UTC  

But, it is a market insofar as you have freedom to market products/service and freely make purchases as a consumer.

2018-11-23 14:38:49 UTC  

Has there been any confirmation from the FBI stating that they do indeed label the proud boys an extremist organization with ties to white nationalism? (I mean beyond the general "we give state governments things to watch out for all the time" statement)

2018-11-23 14:38:53 UTC  

China knows socialism can not work for state profits,

So they technically lease their companies to managers/CEO's etc to make profit for the state and those people can have a share of the earnings to live a comfy life

2018-11-23 14:39:06 UTC  

I guess you can say that there are "pockets" of free markets.

2018-11-23 14:39:12 UTC  

cuz the companies are part of the state

2018-11-23 14:39:15 UTC  

Beeman, china is not communist even if their party is communist

2018-11-23 14:39:19 UTC  

>freely
so china will allow competition for state run/owned businesses?

2018-11-23 14:39:21 UTC  

Communism requires a classless, stateless society

2018-11-23 14:39:22 UTC  

I didnt say it was communist

2018-11-23 14:39:25 UTC  

I said it was socialist

2018-11-23 14:39:30 UTC  

Same thing btw

2018-11-23 14:39:32 UTC  

I've been very specific in my phrasing

2018-11-23 14:39:34 UTC  

it's not lol

2018-11-23 14:39:35 UTC  

But like hey

2018-11-23 14:39:35 UTC  

holy fuck

2018-11-23 14:39:40 UTC  

communism is not socialism

2018-11-23 14:39:44 UTC  

never said it was good

2018-11-23 14:39:52 UTC  

2 times

2018-11-23 14:39:58 UTC  

it's not about quality

2018-11-23 14:40:18 UTC  

**IT'S NOT ABOUT QUALITY**

2018-11-23 14:40:24 UTC  

Nothing is 100% beeman

2018-11-23 14:40:29 UTC  

it's about the characteristics of the system