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redeggplant01 t1_j6i0yjs wrote

> They're not even communist anymore

LOL!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party

Communism is authoritarianism, in fact it is totalitarianism ( far left )

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NotASuicidalRobot t1_j6i1gqg wrote

I meant communism as in the economic theory, i think china has more billionaires than the us at this point. Also, what a party names themselves hardly matters

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redeggplant01 t1_j6i1v4o wrote

Communism was a political system built upon an economic theory by Marx - https://www.amazon.com/Das-Kapital-Critque-Political-Economy/dp/145388632X

>i think china has more billionaires than the us

No, the US has over 2300 billionaires ... China has just over 500 billioniares

Source : https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

As to names .. the claim that you know what is communism and a government communist party does not is laughable

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cloudrunner69 t1_j6i2ryu wrote

Can't people own property in China but not the actual land the buildings are built on and aren't there privately owned business in China listed on the stock exchange? Doesn't really sound like communism to me.

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Heinrick_Veston t1_j6ibxok wrote

One of the central principles of communism is that there's no private ownership, which of course in China there is. Their system is just capitalism administered by an overreaching, authoritarian government.

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redeggplant01 t1_j6idqfz wrote

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cloudrunner69 t1_j6igu13 wrote

>individuals can privately own residential houses and apartments on the land (“home ownership”), although not the land on which the buildings are situated.

Did you even read what you linked? That is exactly what I said.

But seriously. Who the fuck even cares. All these political ideologies are nothing but temporary human stupidity now on the precipice of dissolving into the acids of history.

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redeggplant01 t1_j6ih4u4 wrote

No its not ... If someone owns the land you are living on then you are a renter .. nothing more

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cloudrunner69 t1_j6ihdp5 wrote

Go away.

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redeggplant01 t1_j6ihtmq wrote

Sorry if the truth is inconvenient

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cloudrunner69 t1_j6iib5s wrote

Fucking hell it is not communism. So just stop already. Even though people don't own the land people do own the buildings. There are property developers in China who make a fortune renting/leasing to the Chinese people. This is not communism.

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imnos t1_j6iqxf6 wrote

> totalitarianism ( far left )

It's not far left. Nazi Germany was totalitarian and they were on the far right. Any left or right wing leader can be a dictator/totalitarian.

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redeggplant01 t1_j6irv4h wrote

Yes it since every instance of communism which is far left has been totalitarian without exception

Germans under Hitler had more freedoms than those under communist regimes

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Statertater t1_j6iyd0e wrote

Sure, all the germans exept the jewish, black, disabled, etc germans which were gassed in hard labor camps.

The next time you have a thought, let it go

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TevenzaDenshels t1_j6nl4bt wrote

Nazi germany wasnt even right leaning. The elite was occultist, anticapitalist and had a totalitarian authoritanian way of dealing with government. This is the problem of dividing everything into left and right.

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Heinrick_Veston t1_j6ibgqu wrote

The Chinese Communist Party is as communist as the Democratic Republic of North Korea is democratic.

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redeggplant01 t1_j6idcqe wrote

Your opinion is debunked by decades of Communist rule in China and the existence of the Chinese Communist Party

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Heinrick_Veston t1_j6ifvol wrote

They CCP can call themselves whatever they like, it doesn't make China a communist country.

As I said in another comment, a central tenant of communism is that there's no private property. That's not the case in China, people own houses, companies, cars, and all the other things you'd expect to see in a capitalist society.

China also has the right to inherit, a central bank, a stock market, domestic and international trade - the list of things which are antithetical to Communism goes on and on.

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redeggplant01 t1_j6ig0zh wrote

Your opinion is debunked by decades of Communist rule in China and the existence of the Chinese Communist Party - facts

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Heinrick_Veston t1_j6ign0c wrote

Which part of what I said is an opinion?

Here's the Shanghai Stock Exchange: http://english.sse.com.cn, is it just my opinion that it exists?

Do you understand what Communism is?

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redeggplant01 t1_j6ihd3l wrote

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is the largest stock exchange in mainland China. It is a nonprofit organization run by the China Securities Regulatory Commission [ communist government ] - http://www.csrc.gov.cn/csrc_en/c102023/common_zcnr.shtml

Government owned and government run - communism

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Heinrick_Veston t1_j6iiut8 wrote

It doesn't matter who owns it, the fact that it exists and that people can privately purchase and own stock of private companies is completely at odds with the concept of communism.

Under communism there is no ownership of land, factories, companies etc, they all belong to the state. There's no share of ownership to be bought and sold, and therefore, there can be no stock market.

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redeggplant01 t1_j6ij6dj wrote

> It doesn't matter who owns it,

Yes it does as that is what defines communism ... since the equity market is owned, managed by the state then its communism

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Heinrick_Veston t1_j6ikkhr wrote

In a communist country there would be no equity market to begin with.

This is perhaps the third time I've said this, but under communism there is no private ownership.

In China there are many examples of private ownership. Shares of a company is one.

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