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What communist country would you like to live in?
Right now? China and Vietnam are doing pretty well.
That's not what I asked
“What communist country would you like to live in?”
question is answered
“That’s not what I asked”
Hahahahaha!!
It was, though. What are you getting at?
You would prefer to live in one of those countries?
Kinda? I have my family here, so I'd rather my country become socialist like they are.
China, Cuba, Vietnam. The first two have a higher life expectancy than the US, the richest country in world history.
China in the 21st century is getting farther and farther from communism. Hell, they protected TESLA from concerned citizens. Not just a corporation, but a foreign corporation.
The PRC is developing further and further along in socialism. Public ownership is the principle aspect of their economy, and they are regularly improving. They aren't just capitulatory to Tesla, more often than not they control and block foreign capital from doing as it pleases.
China is not moving away from communism. I don't know what you're referring to with tesla, but tesla has almost no sales in the PRC, and is considered a laughing stock. They stopped presenting at electric car shows in the PRC years ago because they're too far behind.
Is China State Capitalist?
I'm specifically mentioning Tesla because China allowed them to silence critics to protect their business interests. Yes, I know that it was done so that Chinese companies could learn from them and later surpass them in making EVs. I wouldn't call BYD and the like great cars, but neither is Tesla and Tesla still has the gall to charge an arm and a leg for a motorized smart refrigerator.
Some dairy industry execs were imprisoned and/or executed to save face so that's nice, but parents were also detained for trying to bring attention to the matter in the big formula scandal. Some said that doctors told them to keep quiet.
Business interests go above human rights in China and if a rich person is imprisoned or executed, it's so the "communists" could save face after a scandal. Normally they're completely fine with billionaires existing for some reason.
Smells very "corporations are people too" to me. Like the US, but with better infrastructure because Americans can't even get that right.