If you think China isn't communist because it's a state then that's a meaningless thing to say because it's definitionally impossible for it to be otherwise. The alternative, and what everyone means, is that China is run by communists. He literally said "their political orientation." So either you can disagree that this is their orientation or disagree that they're effectively fighting for communism in some way. Again, he literally said "their political orientation" lmfao
I disagree with both. Identifying as a certain political ideology is meaningless unless you're actually fighting to have that ideology realized. With the logic you're using the Nazis were Socialist because they said they were.
If you think China isn't communist because it's a state then that's a meaningless thing to say because it's definitionally impossible for it to be otherwise. The alternative, and what everyone means, is that China is run by communists. He literally said "their political orientation." So either you can disagree that this is their orientation or disagree that they're effectively fighting for communism in some way. Again, he literally said "their political orientation" lmfao
Except they're not fighting for Communism. They're moving further and further away from it with more market reforms.
I'm not sure where I said they are!
I disagree with both. Identifying as a certain political ideology is meaningless unless you're actually fighting to have that ideology realized. With the logic you're using the Nazis were Socialist because they said they were.