I am a Marxist-Leninist... aka communist/bolshevik/(derogaatory by ultra >leftists and liberals) tankie
I am a super strong avocate for 20th century Socialism
which is worker's state, centrally planned economy, means of production seized >by workers, and no markets
The problem with socialism/communism is that you can never create a society where everyone is
equal when it comes to output and effort. You will always have people who
100% agreed. Communism or Socialism has always proven itself a theoretical and >hypothetical model, that even its strictest adherents have lamented is >impossible given human nature. Specifically, humans are driven by individual >achievement and their immediate collective (their family, their circle of >friends, their professional colleagues, etc.) will always take precedence over >the broader collective.
So China did the unthinkable - it abandoned its central planning principles and
started to dramatically nurture private enterprise. Today, China is broadly a >capitalist system with some significant centralized controls, but it would be >more appropriate to describe it as a Capitalist Oligarchy, with increasingly >Sociopathic Dictatorial tendencies.
Ultimately, China lacks the geopolitical
resources - and it is sitting on top of a demographic crisis where ~70% of its >population will be dead in the next 25 years with no hopes of replacement, >thanks to the One-Child Policy - that it will not be en effective competitor to
the United States or the European Union.
Capitalism continues to rule the world. The question is: how will Democracy evolve as speed and agility are starting to outstrip productivity as key measures of economic output?
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