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Does Cuba and Vietnam now allowing some capitalism in their countries make them less socialist? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is it the beginning of the end of socialism for them?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Is China State Capitalist?

The backbone of the economy is state ownership and socialist planning. 24 / 25 of the top revenue companies are state-owned and planned. 70% of the top 500 companies are State-owned. 1, 2 The largest bank, construction, electricity, and energy companies in the world, are CPC controlled entities, subject to the 5 year plans laid out by the central committee.
Workplace democracy in action in the CPC.
Is modern day china communist? Is it staying true to communist values?
Didn't China go Capitalist with Deng Xiaoping? Didn't it liberalize its economy? Is China's drastic decrease in poverty a result of the increase in free market capitalist policies?
Is the CPC committed to communism?
The Long Game and Its Contradictions. Audiobook
The myth of Chinese state capitalism. Did Deng really betray Chinese socialism?
Tsinghua University- Is Socialism with Chinese Characteristics real socialism, or is it state Capitalism?
Isn't China revisionist for having a capitalist sector of the economy, and working with capitalists? Why isn't it fully planned like the USSR was?
Castro on why both China and Vietnam are socialist countries.

Also watch these two videos by Paul Cockshott on what makes the socialist surplus different from the capitalist one also.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks!! I will watch those! Btw, since you are the OG developer of lemmygrad, I was wondering if I can suggest that we change the tankie bot to give piped linked videos of YouTube instead of the message we get now. Lemmy.ml does it and I thought that was super convenient!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

No probs! I'm not sure who controls the tankie bot tbh, you'd need to ping them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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