According to him, the country’s economy “hit rock bottom” in the first quarter, which could lead to a crisis.
Zyuganov also suggested that the situation this fall could resemble the events of 1917, when the communists came to power.
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All communism?
Soviet communism was a disaster. Chinese communism works but is authoritarian. Israeli kibbutzes are pretty-much communism.
Yeah, seems so.
From the POV of a communist I’m sure there’s a lot more in chinese communism to critique than just the authoritarianism. Like the existence of a billionaire class, private ownership of means of production, lack of independent labor unions, pretty high income inequality, market economy, and pretty western-looking consumerism. I mean it’s pretty much like USA if USA only had one political party.
I’m not advocating for the Chinese approach or for communism at all. My point about China is that it has improved living standards (pretty spectacularly) while others have failed.
If I could choose anything it would be like scandi-social-democracy, but with stronger controls on corporate and personal greed. I’d make hoarding wealth while others suffer socially unnaceptable.
Ya forgot about Yugoslavias mixed system which also worked pretty well.
“Socialism with Chinese characteristics” is just capitalism with extra steps and a red paint job.
If you’re talking about the Mao Zedong era, that was also a disaster but at least they did try to run the country according to communist principles. They were just very bad at it.