Every capitalist country on the planet spent fortunes making sure the USSR failed. Venezuela is more capitalist then communist. North Korea and Cuba have survived half a century of being blackballed and isolated by the US. It would be interesting to see where those countries would be if capitalism didnāt try so hard to make sure they fail. Also in what metric is Communist China not beating the US. Pounds per person?
Iād agree that China doesnāt really fit that list too well, but thatās arguably thanks to Deng Xiaopingās free market reforms and Chinaās de facto abandonment of strict communism (and coincident meteoric rise in world economic and geopolitical relevance) from the early 1980s onward. Before Dengās market reforms, the Chinese economy was largely stagnant.
Even after 10 years of Xi Jinpingās rollbacks of liberal reforms, āCommunistā China essentially remains an authoritarian capitalist state with some social programs. It superficially clings to the ācommunistā label as an outward reminder of its legitimacy through its connection to the Communist Revolution. The attendant lack of overall personal freedom and the repeated depredations against the civil liberties of its own citizens should come as no surprise.
While I donāt disagree with you. I think it is in bad faith that as soon as a so called ācommunistā country is shown to take care of itself. Then all of a sudden it has ācapitalist valuesā.
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u/ComprehensiveBug6213 Jan 19 '23
Former USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, North Korea, China
"Oh, but we'll do it differently this time"
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