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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

At this point is it even correct to call criticism of Beijing to be "red scare"?

  • The so-called "Communist Party of China" has a lot of billionaires in it's membership.

  • There seems to be a lot of capitalism going on in the "People's Republic of China" these days.

  • Labour Unions are illegal in China.

  • Given all the allegations of sexual assault levied the leadership and how that's handled, I think it's fair to characterize them as misogynistic.

  • China regularly uses a narrative about righting the wrongs from past national humiliations in it's propaganda.

When you actually describe the government of China these days does it actually sound Communist? Or does it sound like some other form of authoritarian government? Fascism, maybe?

Of course that's ridiculous. Fascists would never call themselves socialist. They're always super honest about things like that, aren't they? The National Socialist Party of Germany must have actually been socialist, because no fascist ever makes false claim about being socialist.