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Yes I know China is also technically capitalist but you understand the idea

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 108 points 5 days ago (5 children)

right right... which part of China is communist again? is it the permanent oligarchy? the reeducation camps? the low-paying factory jobs that make the owner class rich?

[–] regul@lemm.ee 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well we've got all that in the US already, so can we just do the version where we get trains in addition to the other stuff, instead of just the other stuff?

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 19 points 5 days ago

Ha ha, no. Petroleum lobby needs a new pair of shoes.

[–] 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 5 days ago (2 children)

China is about a fascist as they come. One virtue doesn't eliminate 100 vices.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 17 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Say what you want about the PRC, they make the trains run on time.

(the secret ingredient is slave labor!)

[–] regul@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The US has slave labor and all they do is pick cotton and staff call centers. If I'm living in a state with slave labor either way I'd probably take the one with the trains.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Source: it came to me in a USA government funded dream

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

(the secret ingredient is slave labor!)

Same as any colonizer.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml -2 points 4 days ago

Sure, if you're one of those people who just uses fascism to mean "the bad guy in my hero vs villain worldview"

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Reeducation camps". You spelled concentration camps wrong. Greetings from germany

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Potato, tomato...

Concentration camp is where you go when you really need to focus on learning to be a better ~~wage slave~~ ~~party member~~ ~~patriot~~ ~~nationalist lunatic~~ citizen.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

China's nationwide passenger rail network doesn't really care if you have a valid point or not.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, comrade, we have the best trains. They are most efficient for getting workers to the labor camps. We must work hard to build the glorious future for ~~dear leader~~ our people!

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I was reading the post as a reply to republicans who are saying china is bad because of communism.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

republicans who are saying china is bad because of communism.

Yes, well, those are some very confused people who wouldn't know communism from a hole in the ground.

They're a lot like the people on .ml and hexbear, even some of the people on .world.