All those articles about capitalists manipulating how poverty is defined.

It feels to me like china has a point that socialism can’t be won whilst everyone doesn’t have an iphone

What the fuck is that supposed to mean? People shouldnt be allowed to participate in other peoples technological advances?

. Humans like possessions, so if we wanna win as socialists, and to make the capitalist mode of production obsolete (which is the only way any mode of production has died out)

you contradicted yourself immediatly >humans like posessions . Capitalism replaced the late feudal mode of production because the middle class got too strong this wont happen with socialism. The proletariat do not have way to gain power electoraly like the bourgeoisie did