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4. China is a dictatorship/police state, not "Communist"

Sat Dec 4, 2021, 11:56 AM

Dec 2021

As they do not have a socioeconomic order structured upon the ideas of common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes.

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We don't have to steal our technology. paleotn Dec 2021 #1

Did Trump really want to nuke them after he lost, lost the election? twodogsbarking Dec 2021 #2

The US is losing moral high ground. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #3

I agree Bayard Dec 2021 #5

Too late, the China-Russia alliance has already taken place. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #7

China is a dictatorship/police state, not "Communist" EX500rider Dec 2021 #4

Communist countries were police states though. nycbos Dec 2021 #8

Yes most of them were but that's not integral to being communist EX500rider Dec 2021 #12

No llashram Dec 2021 #6

Are there things down right f up about this country? nycbos Dec 2021 #9

I'd take 1 billion US Democracies over authoritarianism. Oneironaut Dec 2021 #10

Very good comments. Brutal truth, eh. twodogsbarking Dec 2021 #13

Totalitarian dictatorship. Quite the innovation, China. The Unmitigated Gall Dec 2021 #14