that one study by jason hickel et al. in. 2022 has pretty much proveen that china does NOT ever aim to beccoming a communist country because those in power inchina are a-okay with screwing over chinese workers in unequal exchange trade deals.

Also deng xiaoping was a capitalistic rat : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GCf1obSZ334&pp=ygUMYnVyeWluZyBkZW5n

100% they have a class based system it's just not talked about.

They do have a bourgeoisie class and a peasent class.

They have doctors, lawyers, construction workers, government employees, billionaires and unprecedented wealth within families.

Then they have the peasant class the rice paddy farmers, the package sorters, the food delivery drivers, the minimum income workers living in cramped apartments and the unemployed.

After living and working in the US and now living and working in China (no not a teacher), I can say my life is definitely better in China than it was in the US. And no I'm not a bot or paid CCP stooge. Just a normal person lucky enough to have worked and lived in many places around the world.

There are too many things to mention why China is better besides the obvious like healthcare, social security, infrastructure, green energy, technology, cost of living.

I still don't understand why western media portray China as a communist hell hole, worse than North Korea. Clearly no one bothers to really understand how China works.

And in regards to safety, yes it's one of the safest countries in the world. Actually when you ask Chinese what is good about China, safety is one the core answers. No school shootings, no need for metal detectors at schools. I can leave my electric scooter unlocked with my phone on it, come back an hour later and everything is still there. If I tried that in my birth country, it would be gone by the time I turned around.

Thailand for example is much stricter and run by a military government. When I worked there, one morning we had tanks rolling down the street when the military overthrown the government. And don't say anything about the playboy king or his family.

Anyway, I'll get downvoted but if you are from any of the 62 visa free countries that can visit China, obviously not the US, I recommend you visit and have your eyes and awareness opened. Or just stay in your 'China bad' bubble.

Being banned from .lm is a badge of honor.

Also North Korea is what all countries should strive to emulate.

No, seriously, I've seen a tankie on here say that.

I've heard that too

Systemic racism to control the marginalized and ensure the poor stay with very few viable options?

We need to bring back the tax brackets from the 1950’s

The community allows for the accumulation of wealth by providing services, security and labor. Therefore the community is entitled to a portion of the accumulated wealth in form of taxation.

No man is an island, and nobody becomes a billionaire from their own labor. Community matters.

No political system can exist in its purest form. ALL successful governments are a mix of the best elements of multiple systems. America positions itself as the big democracy, but many of the best things about America are SOCIALIST.

Communist China ran into all sorts of problems when they tried to implement the purest form, but now that they've allowed capitalism into the mix, job quality and working conditions have increased greatly, and they have become the manufacturing capital of the world.

They will end up being the most influential country on the planet, without firing a shot.

embracing some limited capitalism

They were embracing some limited capitalism last century. They're fully capitalist now, minting more brand new billionaires every year than any other country. Per capita the US still has more, but not for long. China's working with some pretty bad inequality.

Not only does it make sense from a global perspective, but it also makes sense economically. China would still be in the gutter if they didn’t have market engagement. The USSR, for example, failed dramatically at trying to have a strictly command-based economy.

So you cannot inherit a 1.1M house or artwork? No one would be able to own property in New-York?

Also one needs to account for inflation. In 100 years 1000'000 would be equivalent of what is now 20'000.

Again overvalued positions in society are an issue too. People fuckin hate when I say no one should be able to make over 500k$/annually and its like if you can do that you're automatically going to be seeking to consistently enhance either your own riches, someone else's riches or generational wealth w/estate properties paid off in full for 2 lifetimes in a trust that no one can touch and then because rich people involve themselves with politics, even at a local level (you'd be surprised how many people are, "generous donors," to their mayors for favors), they'd get away with being able to probably make it so the property never leaves the city.

You wanna stop the rich make it so they can't earn as much.

OH wait but that whole cost of living and capitalism thing...... Money is just a flawed concept and another thing people hate on me for saying is that humans need incentives to get things done. Whether it's an award with praise or a cash bonus; by now humans need something in return, we're not a naturally do something for nothing in return species.

I somewhat echo you feelings on ignorance and "China bad!", but definitely do not agree with the characterisation of China as a "proletariat government".

The workers do not have meaningful democratic control over society in China, and to claim they do requires some next-level mental gymnastics.

If one believes in control of society by the workers, as socialists ought to by definition (at least, by my understanding), one really ought not tout China as a government to emulate...

I might go one further and suggest this is why the "Just tax the billionaires" line never actually delivers the goods. It's a classic Belling-The-Cat problem, because its very easy to say "Tax the Billionaires" but its very difficult to move forward with a policy that does the actual thing, without billionaires pooling their resources to prevent you from accessing any of the levers of power.

You need a certain collectivist worldview to even attempt the problem of regulating and sanctioning a bourgeois class. And when you're brainwashed by some combination of out-of-context Adam Smith quotes and reskinned Milton Friedman / Ayn Rand videos, good fucking luck.

Fun fact: you can actually read the justifications for why socialist countries managed by proletariat governments have implemented limited market systems in their economies in China, Vietnam, Cuba, USSR, even Korea. Their thoughts are public!

If you know where to look and you trust the source material and you've got the patience to work through the finer details, sure.

But that's the sort of learning you typically need to tackle in grade school if you want it to stick. Open minds and lots of free time are necessary to get this kind of rigorous political education. By the time you've had your head crammed full of cable news fearmongering and employer-sponsored propaganda, you'll be allergic to the very idea of taking a book like Fanshen or The Bolivian Diary at face value.