Possibly stupid question: is China a communist country?
@rpardee They call themselves that, and the state owns a lot of production.
Though, a devout Marxist will say they are not. Devout Marxists are like devout Libertarians and live in their own imaginary worlds.
China is a mixed economy, authoritarian oligarchy drifting toward dictatorship.
@rpardee quasi capitalist communist.
The state has its hands in many many businesses (I want to say almost all, but there really isn’t transparency on government controlled vs not, so 🤷♀️)
@rpardee Not in any meaningful sense. But no communist country has been "communist". China is a one-party dictatorship. The CCP is like the Party in "Nineteen Eighty-four". The ideology is a facade. Its true ideology is power.
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Yes