I came across this thoughtful response a while back, on Facebook of all places, and to this day it’s still one of the best intros to the “is China socialist?” question I’ve seen.— professional hog groomer (@bidetmarxman) January 25, 2022
I thought this was really well thought out actually
The country was founded on the basis of communism. The people there like communism. It's distant now but there is still memory of the Mao era and a clear understanding of what they learned about capitalism, imperialism, and feudalism in that time and before. If the party were to renounce communism it would be a denunciation of what modern Chinese society was founded on and the masses would know that.
The country was founded on the basis of communism. The people there like communism. It's distant now but there is still memory of the Mao era and a clear understanding of what they learned about capitalism, imperialism, and feudalism in that time and before. If the party were to renounce communism it would be a denunciation of what modern Chinese society was founded on and the masses would know that.