No it’s fascist.
~~~
Just like Stalin, for Mao the quest for Marxism was a vehicle for power. Ultimate power. Both these men were brutal brutal dictators.
But from what I’ve seen, both of them were believers in Marxism. Particularly Mao. So don’t get me wrong about that. But power was the real and pure driving force.
The USSR was more communist than China is. IE: The state (”the people”) own everything. Individuals technically own nothing. But Scott from the left coast is correct. They may not be fascists in the Mussolini sense, but totalitarian top-down control is immense
But Marxism said that the State would wither away, and basically the workers would run their factories.
The Soviet Union and China certainly didn’t run that way.
“The CCP may talk “communist” or “Marxist” rhetoric, but they have never had it and never will.”
Lol, Mao’s great leap forward was not fascist in nature.
But Yes, CCP turned towards fascism post Mao.