Hi Hexbear! I’ve been lurking here ever since you federated with Blahaj. I was already a chapo listener for a year, so it was kind of a twist of fate. Anyways, the other day I heard Matt Christman say something on one of his Cushvlogs that opposes the general sentiment of people here. He said, “China isn’t socialist, they’re not even social democrat; they are state capitalist.” I know you all here uphold that China is AES so I would like an explanation as to why China isn’t state capitalist or a social democracy. Why is/what makes China socialist?
Thank you!
The idea behind China is that their state apparatus is a method for the proletarian to opress the bourgeoisie, as opposed to capitalist states where the inverse happens. China is a transitionary state from capitalism to socialism, which they hope to acheive in 2050.