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Reply #1: Yep, China is not communist any more. They use the "title" to maintain their dictatorship, they are [View All]

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Go2Peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 06:25 PM
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1. Yep, China is not communist any more. They use the "title" to maintain their dictatorship, they are
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 06:28 PM by Go2Peace
a capitalist dictatorship. The have less "social programs" than European countries.

Also, something else interesting in perception: Russia is not communist, not socialist, it is a LIBERATARIAN oligarchy.

Whenever right wingers start going off on how the "market" will resolve all social ills, what they are essentially talking about is a libertarian state. Which is what the capitalist "thinkers" convinced Russia to become. We should pay more attention, because we now can plainly see what the conservative "model" looks like. Libertarionism destroys the justice system and all law and order becomes bought and paid for, and most people live in utter poverty while the upper class lives in supra privilege.

Next time someone says they want to live in a libertarian "free market" just tell them to check out Russia (or Ukraine) and see if they want that same system here.
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