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0 pointslm284693mo ago0 comments

The level of cope... The US and the west in general is on a much more dire trajectory than China (which is facing its own demons, no doubt about that)

There is not much left of communism in China besides the name, it's more akin to a government steered economy, which arguably is very similar to what the west had when we moved at our peak speed, albeit more authoritarian. They still have what we mostly lost: a long term historical view of geopolitic.

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techas3mo ago

>There is not much left of communism in China besides the name,

After living 2 years in China and visiting the country every year for the last 12 years, I disagree with you.

Many not minor things in China are still very aligned with communism.

How the university system works, land property, production in unpopulated areas and small towns, participation of the government in industry, etc…

scilro3mo ago

It's most accurate to say that China is still run by folks who are committed communists. These planners, by virtue of their decades of experience, understand the social value of markets and broad based technological growth, and want to wield those even better than liberal planners.

lm28469OP3mo ago

Yeah but then again most people think "if it's not capitalism it's communism", there is a whole spectrum and China definitely does not belong in the communist part of the spectrum anymore. It's a mix of authoritarian socialism and state capitalism, you can add many other words to the mix but communism isn't at the top of it anymore

New things deserve new definitions, we have to get out of the ww2 lingo where everyone is a nazi, a fascist, a communist or a capitalist, it's overly simplistic and muddies the water. 2025 China is completely different than 2000 China which itself is completely different than 1980 China.

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