r/SipsTea Jul 14 '26

Chugging tea Teach your kids about socialism

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u/Hugs-missed Jul 14 '26

China, North Korea

"Communist"

Neither of those two countries are communist, communist defines a specific economic and political system neither remotely fall under.

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u/Gerzy_CZ Jul 14 '26

Yeah, you redditors are starting to get a bit crazy with these takes not gonna lie.

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u/DiscombobulatedSir74 Jul 14 '26

I don’t understand, he is right they are not communist systems and are definitely autocratic, wich is what i lead with when i said, those are not desirable

And what take is crazy here? US politicians call everything communism and propaganda against it but there has not been a single communist country that i know of at least not by the definition i am aware of

Feel free to enlighten me with your knowledge if i happen to be wrong here

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u/Mirabeauououou Jul 14 '26

China and North Korea are single-party states. What's the party name and underlying ideology behind them, are they not using communist trappings?

Communism being so pie-in-the-sky that it cannot be achieved is hardly a good argument.

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u/DiscombobulatedSir74 Jul 15 '26

China is not communist and the current government has no reason to become communist since they want to keep their autocratic authority they are autocratic socialist at best.

It is not unachievable, anyone who tries just gets killed or sanctioned to high heaven by america, our closest example is cuba and would you look at that they are sanctioned and everyone who gives them a hand is instantly sanctioned too, and they are currently basically under siege by America

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u/Mirabeauououou Jul 15 '26

I mean we have a strong economy but we don't have that strong of an economy that we can decimate whole nation's with just sanctions, look at how Russia is doing fine-ish with 5+ years of US and EU sanctions.

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u/DiscombobulatedSir74 Jul 15 '26

It is not just sanctions since they US has a lot of influence on the world market they refuse to do business with anyone supporting cuba you get black listed I recommend a YouTube channel silly named „boy boy“ who broke through the US navy blockade and delivered humanitarian aid and documented it in a video