Smackyroon@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago"China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberalslemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square256fedilinkarrow-up1452arrow-down184
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minus-squareHawanja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·3 hours agoBut China is authoritarian.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-255 minutes agoIt’s good for the working classes to wield state authority against capitalists and fascists. To not do so would be to allow capitalism to reform, and the alternative is capitalist authority used against the working classes.
minus-squareuienia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·43 minutes agoBut China is capitalist.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-239 minutes agoNo, it isn’t. Public ownersip is the principle aspect of the economy and the working classes control the state, it’s socialist.
minus-squarezedcell@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-219 minutes agoAnd all states are authoritarian, so it loses its explanatory value and is a useless term when used to isolate and describe individual states.
But China is authoritarian.
It’s good for the working classes to wield state authority against capitalists and fascists. To not do so would be to allow capitalism to reform, and the alternative is capitalist authority used against the working classes.
But China is capitalist.
No, it isn’t. Public ownersip is the principle aspect of the economy and the working classes control the state, it’s socialist.
And all states are authoritarian, so it loses its explanatory value and is a useless term when used to isolate and describe individual states.