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12 points

22 days ago

Incorrect.

Wealth inequality was far lower in the USSR than the Tsarist system before it, the Capitalist system after it, and than western countries. Additionally, Soviet Democracy was extensive, with far more political participation than western countries have.

Read Blackshirts and Reds.

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While homeownership rates have been steadily rising, reaching 90% in 2018

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Alsephina@lemmy.ml

12 points

22 days ago

Also, poverty rates are steadily decreasing in China...

...under every income group.

I’d also recommend Human Rights In The Soviet Union, Including Comparisons With The U.S.A. by Albert Szymanski

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7 points

22 days ago

Excellent addition, comrade.

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stephen01king@lemmy.zip

-4 points

22 days ago

I’ve heard lemmy.ml claim China is not communist, before. I guess they are communist only when it supports your argument.

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Alsephina@lemmy.ml

8 points

22 days ago

I’m seeing /u/10_0 from lemmy.ml in this thread trying to argue against socialism, currently. I guess they are anticommunist only when… what was your point again?

Anyone claiming China isn’t socialist is grossly misinformed.

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6 points

22 days ago

Lemmy.ml isn’t like Lemmygrad or Hexbear, where you are required to be a Leftist, or accept Leftism and want to learn. Lemmy.ml is maintained by Marxist-Leninists and the ML references Marxism-Leninism, but non-Communists use it too.

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stephen01king@lemmy.zip

-1 points

22 days ago

Yeah, but that excuse is only used when people are criticising communist using China as an example, that’s why I consider China’s status as a communist nation an opinion that lemmy.ml always flip flops on.

And by what metric is China considered a communist nation?

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7 points

22 days ago

And by what metric is China considered a communist nation?

It’s headed by a Communist Party along the principles of Marxism-Leninism with the goal of using Socialism with Chinese Characteristics to oversee a Market Economy and build up their productive forces to achieve full socialization of the economy.

If you have an hour and genuinely want to know, read China Has Billionaires. It isn’t a fully socialized system, but it does use Central Planning extensively, and the Party is in control of the Bourgeoisie, not the other way around.

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