Posted on 08/10/2023 8:23:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Correct. And he and that 'amusing' Dr. Goebbels would often refer to their brand as "anti-capitalist." How up-to-date that is in today's American academe....
Their system is part Marxist and part traditional Chinese which has no western equivalent.
The closest analogy I can think of to describing it for someone from the west to immediately understand is “theocratic slave state”
I should maybe say think in theory communism is good.
From his essay: “Communism has been attempted often in history but never practiced successfully..”
He then cries Reagan whose comment is quite different.
He writes: “China is a Leftist totalitarian government”. which is true and describes communism, but then writes:” not a communist one.”
This is one mixed up boy.
What point is he trying to make? What is he trying to accomplish in writing this?
I’ve never understood how the leaders of a society that was an advanced civilization when Karl Marx’ homeland was nothing more than a collection of barbaric savages, could adopt his form of government. How does the Chinese government reconcile this? “Yeah, we’ve been around much longer than you, but have a much better idea!”
They are the same as the Chinese triads and the former Chinese warlords - criminal group, but unlike regular criminals they are 100% about getting and keeping 100% of the political power in their hands. They get away with not looking like “regular” criminals only because 100% of the police power is in their hands, and they can and do do with it as they wish.
America has been wrong from the beginning in the geopoltical arena when it comes to Taiwan.
It is not a matter if “Chinese” “national” interest, while it is 100% only a matter of CCP political interest. Taiwan is a democracy, the CCP is not. Were the CCP not in charge in China and China was a true democracy like Taiwan, China and Taiwan would have already peacefully resolved any post-1949 issue between China and Taiwan. They haven’t because democratic Taiwan cannot surrender to dictatorship of the CCP.
If the people of mainland China want to reunite with the people of Taiwan, they can easily do so by dumping the CCP.
“What point is he trying to make? What is he trying to accomplish in writing this?”
I don’t know if even he knows.
Yeah.
“No it’s fascist.
Just like the United States’ government.”
Exactly! China is about as non communist as you can get.
The essence of communism is no private property or enterprises. China and the US lead the world in both.
Fascism on the other hand allows both free enterprise and private property, as long as it doesn’t run afoul of the powers that be.
China is a one party fascist dictatorship. We’re not far from that.
And if one really stops and thinks about it, authoritarianism has been the default human governance for most of human history. From tribes, to kingdoms, to empires, to dynasties.
People said the same thing about Stalin. But it's not true. Stalin and Mao definitely sought power for themselves, but they were also convinced believers in Marxism-Leninism (though Mao's understanding may have been more fragmentary or less orthodox than Stalin's). You don't become a dictator without wanting power for yourself -- Lenin certainly did -- but that doesn't mean that the ideology was just a sham.
I would agree. The end goal in both cases isn't ending capitalism and creating a command economy. They don't want to kill the golden goose.
But I'd also note that the current "green" visions -- much more popular in the West than in China -- do have some serious similiarities to communist thought and practice.
The Democrats aren't communist, but there is something in what they say and do that certainly could create that impression.
Of course they are.Marx,Lenin,Stalin,Mao and other top Commies never had to worry about elections and never wavered from their “from those according to their means” attitude.
Yes, but it’s more a National Socialist flavor of Communism. It’s also picking up racist Han-centric ideology now. It will soon be if not already there be a Sino-Nazi state. Example look at Uighur treatment.
Agreed. If you get down to it, Marxism (communism) is just an idea thrown out as PR to get people to agree to totalitarianism or even fascism. And socialism is just a softer sounding version of communism.
Just like Rush often said of the Dims that the Dims' stated goal is never their real goal. The leaders who push the ideals of communism aren't really trying to implement communism in the fake Marx utopian view. That can never happen, especially with god-denying leaders.
Servants are held in their place by the greatest motivator of all, fear.
“ And socialism is just a softer sounding version of communism. ”
Yeah. And this guy didn’t even use the word socialism which the Chicoms use even more than and interchangeably with communism.
Take their idea that their government should be run by eunuchs. Sure, let's test for the smart guys, chop off their balls and put them in charge. What could go wrong?
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