This is a common statement by those who haven’t read theory, especially among the Western Left, but this isn’t true in any capacity. Billionaires are regularly executed in the PRC, the fact that the PRC has a private sector doesn’t mean it has shifted away from Marxism-Leninism. The entire reason Marx predicted Socialism, ie Public Ownership and Central Planning, to overtake Capitalism is because markets naturally prepare the foundations for Socialism. Competition forces more and more companies to consolidate and grow, develop their own infrastructure for planning, which can be siezed and used by the public.

Question 17 : Will it be possible to abolish private property at one stroke?

Answer : No, no more than the existing productive forces can at one stroke be multiplied to the extent necessary for the creation of a communal society. Hence, the proletarian revolution, which in all probability is approaching, will be able gradually to transform existing society and abolish private property only when the necessary means of production have been created in sufficient quantity.

-Engels, The Principles of Communism

Half the economy of the PRC is in the Public Sector, and another almost tenth is in the cooperative sector. The Private Sector covers mostly light industry that depends on Publicly Owned industries like steel and public infrastructure. As Capital consolidates in the Markets, the CPC increases ownership. I recommend reading Socialism Developed China, Not Capitalism. Markets are more efficient at lower levels of development, and Public Ownership and Planning is more efficient at higher levels of development.

If you want to learn more about Marxism, I made an introductory Marxist reading list.

Yep. Rainbow Imperialism and all that. Weaponizing treating marginalized groups slightly less bad and just watching with glee when the slightly worse group does what it does. Liberals don’t actually care about marginalized people, which is why they shift from advocacy to sadism so easily.

The never-ending justification for the ratchet-effect.

Reading theory helps me contextualize and analyze the world around us, which gives hope for a successful future for Humanity. I even wrote an introductory Marxist reading list to help anyone else who wants to start reading Leftist theory.

In addition to that, I find comfort with my friends and family, reading, cooking, gaming, and otherwise engaging with my hobbies.

I look forward to watching y’all eat crow as Israel wipes out Palestine

Wow, the liberals are straight up admitting their monstrous racism now?

the US leaves NATO

This would be good for the Global South, which is why Trump won’t do it

and western democracy collapses.

The West hasn’t had a workable implementation of Democracy to begin with, though if you finally recognize that are you going to sit out or do something about it?

Oil is only one factor, what matters is the country’s stance towards US Imperialist interests and how they work for or against those interests.

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Some of the questlines were fun, like the Pirate Double Agent questline.

You’re on Lemmy.ml, which is admin’d and moderated by Communists, and Lemmy itself is made by Communists. It isn’t a hive mind.

You decided to say something really ill-informed on a platform with many Communists, you could have just disengaged.

Starfield. The game isn’t bad, it just isn’t as good and the game design was especially outdated for its release window. It’s legitimately a better RPG than most Bethesda games.

I’m fairly confident modders will actually be able to salvage it despite its flaws.

Refusing to answer and instead insulting the user based on instance usage is childish.

Can you explain what you mean by “lowest common denominator” as well as the bits on “no incentives or rewards for innovation?” The USSR was one of the mosy scientifically advanced countries in the 20th century.

Yep. Especially on right-wing instances like Lemmy.world in particular, but it’s far worse IRL in the West.

No Communist supports the Russian Federation, or thinks of it as anything more than a highly reactionary, nationalist, Capitalist country that adopts an anti-Western stance out of necessity. The concept of “critical support” comes from seeing a temporary, unstable, backwards entity that must take a stance against a shared enemy.

The reason Communists oppose Western Hegemony is because the United States and Western Europe are the most Imperialist countries on the planet, that is, they export Capital to the Global South and use their military power to force highly unequal trade deals. Producing commodities for cents and importing them back to the West to sell for dozens to hundreds of times more is how Imperialism functions, and NATO serves as the military alliance that solidifies this process.

Of course Russia would join this group of Imperialists if they could. They even tried to! After the fall of the Soviet Union, the state was sliced up and sold to the West. When a rising, right-wing nationalist movement reclaimed industry in the hands of Russian bourgeoisie, the West was made an enemy. The RF tried to join NATO, they wanted to be a part of the Imperialist club, but the West declared that there wasn’t room for Russia in the club. This is the crux of the conflict, of course Russia would exploit the Global South in the same way if they could, but the Global South is firmly under the thumb of the West already and there isn’t room for Russia.

The reason MAGA supports Russia is because Russia is reactionary, nationalistic, and far-right. These are appealing qualities to MAGA, who want the same thing Russia has domestically. Communists absolutely do not, while MAGA does.

Hope that explains it for everyone, it’s extremely oversimplified so tons of things were left out.

A meme on memes?

Yea, no. The DPRK is poor, but most areas are surprisingly “normal.” The period of mass famines was decades ago, it’s closer to how Cuba looks than it is to, say, Chad.

“Patriotic Socialists,” Socialists in the Imperial Core that advocate for Nationalism as a means to spread their message. It has more in common with fascism than Socialism, as it perpetuates Imperialism. Mostly irrelevant outside of the American Communist Party (not to be confused with the CPUSA, which has its own issues).

Yep, I wasn’t even trying to start a debate, just point out that they were being dishonest on this thread and misrepresented the other thread entirely.

I told you outright that I’m not trying to start a debate here, just point out dishonesty. I doubt TheOubliette is going to start anything here either, people have more important things to do than try to convince someone who is unwilling to listen to begin with.