Calling China communist is a stretch. More like planned authoritarian capitalism tempered with socialism. China has 607 billionaires, communism would have 0.
Also, Japan is very capitalistic and they have amazing trains.
look I don't care who's communist and who's capitalist, we need them trains
It's not a stretch, it's outright false to call it communism or socialism, systems which necessitate the abolishment of capitalist mode of production (commodity production, private ownership, markets) and money. China, meanwhile, literally has billionaires, still produces things under capitalist mode of production and the only oddity it has compared to other Capitalist countries is partially nationalized economy (which Mussolini has also done, it's not socialism by itself).
It's just a social democracy.
democracy is a far stretch though, isnt it? And capitalist is also not entirely true, when entire industry branches are nationalized, planned and not privatized
Isn’t there only one political party in China? How is that democracy? Not being hostile, genuinely curious how that would work
You can have disagreements within a single party. Like how in the US they banned communist parties because it didn't align with the capitalist ideals that all American parties are required to align with.
The US has not banned communist parties from existing. There's even a few local elected communist mayors. The Red Scare for sure did it's job though, and declaring as a communist in virtually any US office is a surefire way to lose.
Which was ruled unconstitutional in 1973 by the federal district court of Arizona. Did you finish the article that you linked?
I think people have some degree of chouce at the more local levels, but you're right.
Wikipedia lists 9 parties in the NPC
Cool, thanks, TIL
You should also learn that those parties are subsidiaries of CCP, the governing party. They are not actual alternatives.
And all of those parties are listed as being under the control of CCP. So it is a one party state.
Lets call it state capitalist, as thats the proper term
It's not even that, given how there's a decent chunk of their economy owned by private individuals
As I understand it, the majority shareholder is the cccp in those little capitalist bubbles?
I answered over here, China is a Socialist economy trying to build up to Communism. Billionaires wouldn't really exist in Communism, but China hasn't managed to abolish the commodity form in general yet, it takes time and most importantly development of the productive forces.
The term state capitalism cover a lot of the basics of the Chinese system.
Thank you. Was looking for a better term.
@[email protected] how does it work in China, again?
China is as communist as I am a french male model. That said, it is indeed a mistake to allow the "free market" to determine the nation's critical infrastructure. American rail is an absolute joke.
I… I already told you.
muricans calling everything communism that isn't gop cock sucking is getting old
Whos trains are those ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the world may never know
Are they belong to a stateless moneyless society? It would be very embarrassing for you if they aren't.
yeah we almost got a high speed rail system but some dipshit from south africa decided to build a shitty tunnel instead
Close. Put the capitalist train on its side, spilling hazardous waste into a community water source.
Communism is when trains run on time
’Communism is when communal efforts produce results.’
Accidentally correct, you dolt.
Capitalism (good) Vs Capitalism (bad)
FTFY
Capitalism with literal slave labor vs capitalism that outsources the literal slave labor or calls them prisoners with jobs
and I wouldn't want to live in neither the US nor China
Capitalism with literal slave labor
You're talking about the US prison population, right?
prisoners with jobs
Capitalism (with speedy trains) vs capitalism (with slow trains)
FTFY
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