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Not sure what part of China is supposed to be communist these days, except in name and maybe totalitarianism (if you take that to be a tenet of communism). As t
by WaxProlix 8y ago
Not sure what part of China is supposed to be communist these days, except in name and maybe totalitarianism (if you take that to be a tenet of communism). As the author says, actual communist groups have been forcibly disbanded in universities and -- afaik -- nothing is really communally or democratically owned/controlled. Seems vastly more Hayek than Marx to me.
- stcredzero 8y agoNot sure what part of China is supposed to be communist these days There are parts of China where one can be pretty free in one's personal life, so long as one keeps their heads down and one isn't rich or famous. If one becomes rich or famous, one is inevitably drawn into politics, which can have high stakes consequences. Not sure what part of China is supposed to be communist these days, except in name and maybe totalitarianism Communism isn't what's bad about Communism. It's the resulting totalitarianism that's the bad part. If it were possible to and stable to reorganize the world into 450 person communes, there would be something utopian about that. It's very possible to seek out and find such communal experiences. The problem is that such organization isn't stable for Homo sapiens. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17433487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17433487 Here's what we know about democracy. It's short term stable, even when pitted against other forms of government. It often changes from within and becomes totalitarianism, however.
- WaxProlix 8y agoI don't think I disagree with anything you're saying, it just doesn't seem like what China is doing right now has much to do with the goals of communism. So the article seems weird to me. Obviously, given the downvotes, people disagree.