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[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

bro even wikipedia acknowledges china is socialist lmao

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Socialist Market Economy is a socialist mode of production. :bean:

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, and the sky is green too.

Adding the word "socialist" in front of "market economy" doesn't make it any less capitalist. I'm done with this.

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

nuh uh because it means that the CPC has final say over shit with regards to the economy and governance instead of just leaving things up to the market like a true capitalist country

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's called state capitalism wise guy.

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

State capitalism is when you execute billionaires and enact compulsory planning for key parts of the nation's development such as health and infrastructure.

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No but state capitalism is when the majority of billionaires are allowed to exist in the first place dumbass. Tight regulations don't make you socialist. And putting money into health and infrastructure is possible under capitalism LMFAO

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

majority of billionaires are allowed to exist in the first place dumbass

Socialism is a transitory stage between capitalism and communism where there is ongoing class warfare between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat my dude. In China, the state is on the side of the proletariat, not the bourgeois.

And putting money into health and infrastructure is possible under capitalism

And yet China is the only major power where the state has a tight grip on both... Interesting!

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

In China, the state is on the side of the proletariat, not the bourgeois

THEN BAN BILLIONAIRES AND STOP FOLLOWING DENG'S CAPITALISM JFC. Not that hard if they were actually socialist and aiming for communism.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Not that hard if they were actually socialist

So why haven't you done it yet?

[–] Zodiark@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

wojak-nooo : NOOOO!!! WHY HAVENT YOU PRESSED THE COMMUNISM BUTTON XI?! NOOO!!!

[–] wopazoo@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

“[Capitalists] act as if they are being chased by a bear,” wrote Zhang Lin, a Beijing political commentator, in response to these comments. “They are powerless to control the bear, so they are competing to outrun each other to escape the animal.”

og-hex-bear

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Maybe say something of your own instead of linking a wall text. Does it look like I wanna read 5 pages of CCP propaganda?

[–] wopazoo@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol 5 pages 😂🫴📖

"Red Sails is a website run by Roderic Day in collaboration with Nia Frome, Sobrina de Alguien, and several other comrades."

Inb4 "muh CCP paid shills!!!!"

That would be going into the realm of conspiracy theories lmao

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

All of the billionaires allowed to exist under your socialist project, so you're not really in a position to judge.

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cool then let’s have the CPC run the USA, I’m sure you’re okay with that since China is actually capitalist, right? It should totally be the same here if the CPC takes control, right? Right?