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Catabolismo
@catabolismo
Arise ye workers from your slumbers Arise ye prisoners of want For reason in revolt now thunders And at last ends the age of cant.
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
Genuine question (not a gotcha), do you consider China’s economy to still be communist? Given that 60% of GDP, as most of the jobs, come from the private sector; and prices and production levels are no longer centrally planned. I’m not particularly knowledgeable about the workers’ condition in China tbh, but as far as white collars go, the 996 culture and the resulting “tang ping” aren’t a better look than what’s going on in the West. Not referring to the political apparatus, of course, which is still the CCP.
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Purp🇵🇸
@purp
The cpc doesn't even acknowledge they are "communismist" explicity , socialism with chineese characteristics for example. The reality is since the 90s they've seen themselves "post revolution " in a leninst sense and are taking the leninist NEP model, the current plan is to be socialist again by 2050 “the true reality is that China is currently in the initial stage of socialism and will remain in this stage for a long time to come…. This is a historical stage we cannot jump over.” In this stage China will “accomplish industrialization,” “realize socialist modernization by and large,” “gradually narrow the gap between our level and the advanced world standard,” and “bring about a GREAT REJUVENATION OF THE CHINESE NATION on the basis of socialism.”
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Catabolismo
@catabolismo
Not an expert of the topic either, but afaik the most important sectors of the economy still follow the party's line according to the 5 year plans. Infrastructure in particular seems something that cannot be left to private enterprises. Definitely less state-controlled than the USSR, but the national interest is still put above individual profits. Certainly not a capitalist economy as we know it in the West. Jokes aside, I'd obviously prefer a more bottom-up and democratic workers' led economy, but at least shows there can be alternatives to the idea that the only possible XXI century economy is one where shareholders maximize value extraction while externalities are suffered by society and seem imposible to avoid.
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