In b4 someone calls me a tankie

  • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    China is more capitalist than it’s ever been. How the hell is that building socialism?

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      2 days ago

      Unless you think they were supposed to just remain an entirely agricultural society where everyone’s a farmer then sure.

      China is using a capitalist mode of production to industrialise as it transitions to socialism.

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        2 days ago

        No, they’re using a capitalist mode to make the elite extremely wealthy. A communist would be either prioritizing or creating companies that are owned by the state or by employees, which are working to benefit the people, not a wealthy and powerful elite. This is not what China is doing. This is obvious to everyone even remotely willing to question them.

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          But that IS what China is doing. The number of billionaires reached its peak and is even going down now. 60% or their gdp comes from state owned enterprises.