• glimse@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I’m gonna butcher this but I heard a quote once like “Countries think in decades, China thinks in centuries” and it feels true enough. China makes big plays that don’t pay off for a long time but when they do…

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        4 days ago

        Unironically correct. When the capitalist class is prevented from forming a coherent political bloc, the working class can democratically and scientifically plan their future. China’s socialist construction proves this in practice.

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            3 days ago

            Yes, the CPC is overwhelmingly proletarian, policy is driven by mass consensus building, and capitalists are barred from forming a cohesive political bloc that can oppose the system.