I’ve seen several references to some sort of rift between the users of these instances today. What’s happening?

  • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I think this is pretty insightful. There also is no definitely right answer. Some people may view China as communistic and others may view them as a dictatorship.

    Considering they made more billionaires than the US this last year I think the communism thing is a bit of a stretch. At this point they are looking pretty fascist to me. Obviously ML isn’t going to agree to that

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      3 hours ago

      Public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy, and the working classes control the state in China, it’s therefore socialist. Socialism isn’t the absence of private property, it’s the gradual transformation of capitalism into communism, and as such the growth of secondary and medium firms creates new billionaires in China. What happens over time though is that these firms, as they grow, are folded into the public sector.

    • OpenStars@piefed.social
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      12 hours ago

      But what they will do is ban you for saying that (if you said it in one of their communities)! 😉