Why is China referred to as “communist”?
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Anonymous
| That word gets thrown around a lot. |
Anonymous
| Because it's run top to bottom by the Communist Party of China? |
Anonymous
| They refer to themselves as that. |
Anonymous
| They are literally called the communist party, for starters. |
Anonymous
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The criticism being that technically the Chinese form of government is socialist, rather than communist?
Why do we call America a “democracy” when technically it is a federal, constitutional republic (and very purposefully NOT a democracy)? |
Anonymous
China identifies as Communist, therefore they are Communist regardless of how we perceive them. |
Anonymous
| China isn’t truly communist. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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It’s members of the military performing for government officials. |
Anonymous
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1. Historical reasons
2. The single party controlling the country is a body called the Chinese Communist Party They aren’t communist like Venezuela that’s true. |
Anonymous
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Because they refer to themselves as communist and the country is run by the CCP.
What is confusing about that to you, OP? |
Anonymous
Communism involves a stateless, classless society. |
Anonymous
You’re being purposefully obtuse. It’s obnoxious. |