"Authoritarian" is largely a meaningless term. All it really means is one group using force against another group, but it doesn't say anything about which group is which. In the US Empire, the capitalists use the state to crush the workers, and export genocide and chaos to the global south. In the PRC, the working class uses the state to keep the capitalists in check as they progress and develop along socialist lines. This stark difference in which class is in power is shown with immense popular support in the PRC:

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In the PRC, the working class uses the state to keep the capitalists in check

The state used the police to crush the working class when they demanded the money from the banks that invested it in a runaway housing scam.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/china-violent-clashes-at-protest-over-frozen-rural-bank-accounts

You are believing in a fantasy. There are countless countries around the world that are arguably more socialist than China without even calling themselves such. Quite frankly, I trust actions and numbers more than words.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Using a western, anti-communist news source for a report on how China is supposedly crushing the working class? Color me shocked! You have no points.

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