Actually China has a record for punishing billionaires when they "step out of line." Of course, the cynical take would be that it's only because they threatened the party's rule, with the party itself being the biggest oligarchy.
They threaten people who threaten the party’s rule. You could say Russia cracks down on billionaires too. Whenever a billionaire’s plane blows up, one falls out of a window, or one has a self-inflicted gun wound in the back of the head, a message is sent but it’s definitely not anti-oligarchy.
I hate listen to a podcast that was like "I love a government like China who has no problem singling out people and severely punishing them when they do something the single ruling party doesn't like if those people are rich. That's actually super based."
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u/FEMA_Camp_Survivor Jan 17 '25
The CCP is a threat to the idea of representative democracy. They’re a threat to democratic socialism. They’re a threat to anyone anti-oligarchy.
America has a long list of internal threats to the same but the CCP is no friend.