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.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months 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.