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I mean, I share your sentiment even if it doesn't add value to the conversation, but they are communists, it's quite the opposite of fascism and equally as or m
by Aqua 6y ago
I mean, I share your sentiment even if it doesn't add value to the conversation, but they are communists, it's quite the opposite of fascism and equally as or more evil.
- j0ba 6y agoThey are not at all mutually exclusive. Unless you believe the recent edits on wikipedia.
- shiftingleft 6y agoWhich recent edits?
- shiftingleft 6y agoChina is a capitalist state - its economy is based on corporate profit. If the word communism has any meaning it cannot apply to China. I can't say for sure, whether China is fascist, as I don't know whether they are ultranationalist. However, they definitely are authoritarian and are suppressing and murdering minorities or political opponents.
- enaaem 6y agoUnder central planning tens of millions of people died of starvation. Their economy has vastly improved after reforms.
- shiftingleft 6y agoI agree, that the current economic situation is likely much better for almost everyone in China. I'm not so certain, however, that the previous failures can be directly attributed to central planning? It seems officials were too afraid to come forward about issues regarding food production, due to repercussions of admitting failure. But this might not be inherent to central planning: the authoritarian nature of the state, punishments for admitting failure and perverse incentives causing officials to report success likely were more direct precursors of this outcome. I would love to hear other opinions on this.
- enaaem 6y agoCentral planning has failed all over the world, across culture, climate and geography. It has already failed under a wide variety of parameters.
- shiftingleft 6y agoIs there anyone who would like to explain their downvote?