Socialists will tell you that socialism has nothing to do with communism, or that it’s an economic, not a political system. Xi just contradicted both of these claims.
How many people does that entail starving?
Like Venezuela?
China is communist in government only now. The economy is more capitalist than us. The Government lets them do anything they want -except- anything that would lead to political power.
They are basically riding the tiger now. Business leaves the government alone, and government leaves business alone.
Its a weird arrangement, but one that neither side will change. Rise up like Tiennamen Square and the tanks will roll. If the government really actually tried to kill the hardcore capitalist manufacturing economy and go communist there, the government would be taken out and they know it.
Now that SAP has released that Five-Year Plan Management module that should be a snap. /s
Sad day for China.
I knew many Chinese that were as American as we are when it came to their desires and ways. Humans have a need for independence and freedom.
The Chinese I knew had that spirit and lived it. They were the younger generations and desired the end to communism and any other form of socialism. They believed in a free market and capitalism and practiced it as much as they could. They were doing well. They hated communism/socialism. This essentially puts the brakes on their entrepreneurship.
Utter BS. China is more capitalist than us.