Hitler claimed to BE Germany

Socialism lead to the same conclusion though

An individual is not the public.

And when he was about to die he wanted Germany to be utterly destroyed so that it would never recover

If you disagreed with Stalin you got disappeared

The public is a number of individuals

whay

We see the same cult of personality happening in China now as Xi consolidates his power

The state exists to weigh the power of individuals against each bother, and the public against individuals. Avoid mob rule and negation of rights

As Xi "becomes" China, China completes their mutation from a possibly nascent Communist state to pure fascism.

China was never Communist, just Socialist

Mao did believe in Marx. He, like Stalin, thought extreme measures were justifiable.

China is where evil won permanently.

Right, and you can be a communist leader of a socialist country

Now China isn;t even pretending to be working toward the communist paradise

But China was not Marx' end state

They've embraced capitalism

Capitalism with 1984

It's an odd marriage.

Marx had no thought of China. Not in a million years. But Mao did give thought to Marx.

they've embraced slavery is what they have done.

But someone believing in a different end goal does not change the function of the state

It's important to make this distinction in an era where people are trying to sanitize "socialism"

America has embraced it too.

USSR and China were socialist states

but when you have a large chunk of the worlds population all in one place, you can afford to treat people like pests because they almost are pests to each-other at that point.

i agree

Imagine chinese coming to your country and buying houses you can't possibly afford. o:

Pure capitalism is a horrible idea as is pure socialism

Botching supply and demand.

yes

It's healthy to find elements of both where appropriate

That depends on what "capitalism" means to you

whay

But with clear liberalist principles ruling it all

I find it seems to mean whatever is convenient in the conversation at hand

Let's talk my favorite subject. Health care. Is pure capitalism a good thing for health care?

Or should we move this to debate?

Again, define "pure capitalism"

what is happening

hmm