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[–] Mallspice@lemm.ee -3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (5 children)

There are no capitalists in China, China itself is the capitalist.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Mallspice@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

No, it makes dollars!

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

You're a very entertaining poster

[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I think I see the confusion. A capitalist is someone who owns a significant amount of capital. China obviously has capitalists. Liberalism is the philosophy of capitalism. China does have liberals, but there's been some pushback over the last decade or so.

[–] Mallspice@lemm.ee 0 points 3 hours ago

Since Tiananmen Square.

[–] EightBitBlood@lemmy.world -2 points 12 hours ago