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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 days ago

I think you need to do more research on the trends, structures, and systems in place in China. The idea of "oligarchs" running everything is ill-founded, the Chinese Democratic system requires politicians to work their way up from the very bottom and continue to be elected, as an example. Safety nets are expanding and large, public infrastructure projects are happening without being privitized.

a startup has an idea, tries to realize it into a product. gets money from investors but isnt profitable yet. the cant seem to finish the protoype and start to run into walls. i wouldnt listen to these people regarding the protoype or sound business advice just because they set out to change something for the better.

This is what I mean. Communism isn't an "idea to be realized," but a process of development along historical modes of production. Mao tried to create Communism now through fiat, something impossible. The characteristics of developed Capitalism allow Socialism to emerge from it, ie Lower-Stage Communism.

How familiar are you with Dialectical and Historical Materialism?