China the communist
Well, China is communist in its official name, but it possibly has more fascist traits than communist ones.
China promotes hypernationalism, while true communist ideology is very internationalist in character. The psychotic nationalism promoted today in China harkens back to the way Germany was under the Nazis. Everything has to be sacrificed to protect national pride.
There is constant obsession with "national security", and anyone and anytime can be charged under very vague rules. You criticize the government, and you become a national security threat...
Even the word "democracy" is censored and filtered as undesirable...what more can we say?
At least true communists used to allow the use of such concepts, although they always twisted its meaning, and gutted it empty. The Nazis did not like democracy. "Democracy" was openly declared a dirty and suspect concept under Hitler...much like in China today.
In communism the economy is state owned, while in fascism it is privately owned but subservient to the political monopoly...as in China.
A communist country tries to provide a wide social safety net, in spite of being poor (see Cuba). But in China the safety net is nearly non-existent anymore. Chinese people pay out of pocket for almost every social service - and they pay even more than the "capitalist" USA. Their sky high savings rate is due to the fact that people need the money for such expenses. Chinese people cannot rely on the state for their retirement or for their medical expenses. If they do, they will die in the slums.
Yeah, China the "communist"...
China promotes hypernationalism, while true communist ideology is very internationalist in character. The psychotic nationalism promoted today in China harkens back to the way Germany was under the Nazis. Everything has to be sacrificed to protect national pride.
There is constant obsession with "national security", and anyone and anytime can be charged under very vague rules. You criticize the government, and you become a national security threat...
Even the word "democracy" is censored and filtered as undesirable...what more can we say?
At least true communists used to allow the use of such concepts, although they always twisted its meaning, and gutted it empty. The Nazis did not like democracy. "Democracy" was openly declared a dirty and suspect concept under Hitler...much like in China today.
In communism the economy is state owned, while in fascism it is privately owned but subservient to the political monopoly...as in China.
A communist country tries to provide a wide social safety net, in spite of being poor (see Cuba). But in China the safety net is nearly non-existent anymore. Chinese people pay out of pocket for almost every social service - and they pay even more than the "capitalist" USA. Their sky high savings rate is due to the fact that people need the money for such expenses. Chinese people cannot rely on the state for their retirement or for their medical expenses. If they do, they will die in the slums.
Yeah, China the "communist"...
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