[quote=all][quote=AN]Again, if not communism, then what are they? If you object to what they call themselves, then you surely would have a better name for them, right? FYI, there’s no such thing as pure communism or capitalism or socialism or fascism. I’ve never claimed that they’re pure communist according to the political theory. Afterall, they’re all just theories. How those theories get applied varry greatly. Especially when you take into account human nature.[/quote]
I already did – it is just another corrupt, authoritarian society.
You can interpret the communist manifesto creatively, but what you labeled as communist society is not described there. If the means of production are individually owned it cannot be communism. If there is accumulation of wealth by a person or a group it cannot be communism. If there are privileged groups (as in class), it cannot be communism.[/quote]
I think you are both right and saying more or less the same thing. “State Capitalism” is the term I hear used most frequently in reference to China’s politics and economy. I take that to mean centralized control of a free market economy. I’d speculate there’s a huge internal debate about just how much the Chinese authorities dare loosen their grip on control of the economy (and politics). I doubt a picture of Alan Greenspan hangs on any walls in the corridors of power, just as I’m sure that many regret the lost years following the Cultural Revolution.
