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      6 months ago

      China isn’t a communist country, it’s a totalitarian country.

      Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control. Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that prohibits opposition political parties, disregards and outlaws the political claims of individual and group opposition to the state, and controls the public sphere and the private sphere of society.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism

      Communism is defined as:

      political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

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        6 months ago

        It calls itself communist just like a big chunk of the world calls itself capitalist but doesn’t let the market regulate itself

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          6 months ago

          North Korea calls itself the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Do you also refer to North Korea as a Democratic country?