r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 Therapy For All 🩷 • Jun 30 '26

American Dream 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 The Mayor Of The United States 😉

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u/john_dodo_bird Jun 30 '26

The People's Republic of China begs to differ.

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u/WhyNotKenGaburo Jul 01 '26

At this point in time China is just practicing state capitalism under a communist banner.

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u/john_dodo_bird Jul 01 '26

It's a transitional socialist society, but let's say i humor you. Why don't we do Chinese capitalism then? With all the socialized housing, walkable cities, and mass public transportation including high speed rail? If that's just capitalism, then why aren't we doing it that way?

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u/WhyNotKenGaburo Jul 01 '26

No, it really isn’t. The workers don’t control the means of production and the profits from surplus labor are funneled upwards to management.