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[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i don't know much about this stuff. i don't know. That's juche or something, right? i generally avoid applying american templates to non-american states

obviously, with the exception of china... and that's largely because chinese history is of some interest to me, and having spent a lot of time in wacko leftist spaces, the tankies always roll in at some point, so you get familiar with the general concepts i guess.

like the extent of my chinese history is that famous book by some literal nazi dude which is on project gutenberg and then that 36 hour or so great courses thing on audible. notably, neither author is chinese.

also, the holes in my brain don't allow for super duper recall

Would you describe them as (r) republicans?

Would you describe their economics as liberal?

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[robayon]

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Would you describe them as (r) republicans?

Would you describe their economics as liberal?

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i would describe both liberals and republicans generally as neoliberal capitalists

and the chinese as... whatever xi said. socialism with chinese characteristics. dengism. state-driven centrally planned capitalism with a socialist coat of paint. liberal insofar as some outgroups get rights but not others. women may have some rights in china but i imagine it's tough to be gay. no idea about trans folks in china. ive never set foot in china.

most of the few things i know about china are the things that led to the days of mao, not what happened afterwards. i see people saying "actually The Great Leap Forward was good" and i know i'm talking with a large baby

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i would describe both liberals and republicans generally as neoliberal capitalists

and the chinese as... whatever xi said. socialism with chinese characteristics. dengism. state-driven centrally planned capitalism with a socialist coat of paint. liberal insofar as some outgroups get rights but not others. women may have some rights in china but i imagine it's tough to be gay. no idea about trans folks in china. ive never set foot in china.

most of the few things i know about china are the things that led to the days of mao, not what happened afterwards. i see people saying "actually The Great Leap Forward was good" and i know i'm talking with a large baby

Ok fine we can digress!

Is China a republic and are planned economies >le good?

[robayon]

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ok fine we can digress!

Is China a republic and are planned economies >le good?

i don't think so and not at the scale of an entire nation the size of china. i gather they're brutal to a lot of workers. even if they capitalismed a huge chunk of people out of poverty, exploitation of wage labor is still... exploitative. and pollution. and there's the imperialism to boot, just like america.

china's a special boy because they have a lot in common with america and we all know it and nobody wants to acknowledge it.

social credit scores? fuck i never even consented to equifax, experian, and the other one getting my data for my actual credit score

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i don't think so and not at the scale of an entire nation the size of china. i gather they're brutal to a lot of workers. even if they capitalismed a huge chunk of people out of poverty, exploitation of wage labor is still... exploitative. and pollution. and there's the imperialism to boot, just like america.

china's a special boy because they have a lot in common with america and we all know it and nobody wants to acknowledge it.

social credit scores? fuck i never even consented to equifax, experian, and the other one getting my data for my actual credit score

which part?

is china a republic or are planned economies bad?

[robayon]

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

which part?

is china a republic or are planned economies bad?

first sentence in my shot from the hip post contains my answer to both

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

first sentence in my shot from the hip post contains my answer to both

Planned economies aren't bad?