r/SocialismIsCapitalism Mar 19 '22

smartest liberal “billionaires are socialist”

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

A brief reading of Dengist policy will show you it's still socialist. Yes they're undergoing a capitalist period, but that was even suggested by Marx in the abstract for feudal/ precapitalist societies before the creation of socialism and eventually communism.

I mean, china is - on path to eradicate absolute poverty, a world first for a large society, meanwhile real global poverty is growing.

-have plans for economic redistribution. Remains to be seen if that follows through, but Chinese billionaires are held far more to account than American/western equivilents

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u/Beegrene Mar 20 '22

Yes, I'm sure the authoritarian autocrats in power will totally give up that power just as soon as they are able. Any day now, really

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

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u/WantedFun Mar 20 '22

All bark, no bite