Socialism and Communism are similar to each other first, so being on one side or the other wouldn't change, or change minutely, whatever point you really want to make.
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You could say China is a "Authoritarian Democracy" . China started out as a communist country but in between the 90's and 80's the government went through rapid economic reforms and adopting aspects of American capitalism but still keeping some aspects of communism. China is therefore socialist because socialism is in between communism and capitalism
Did I not just say that Communism and Socialism are similar
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Originally posted by itstotallybea
No government is exactly what it say's on the label. China is neither strictly communist or socialist.
Ok, now that we are past this matter Communism isn't failing in 3 of the 5 countries that currently have it so does that mean it is a success or failure......
In theory, a lot of Marxism sounds good. But it doesn't seem to work on a large scale; every country that has tried has turned into some sort of dictatorship or tyranny. And unfortunately, as a result, "socialism" and "communism" have become really dirty words in the U.S., which has made it difficult to apply these theories in any way at all. (Just witness the difficulty of passing even a watered down form of universal health care earlier this year.)
Wait, what are we arguing here, what countries are socialists/communists, or the success of those type of countries against other country types like Capitalism?
In theory, a lot of Marxism sounds good. But it doesn't seem to work on a large scale; every country that has tried has turned into some sort of dictatorship or tyranny. And unfortunately, as a result, "socialism" and "communism" have become really dirty words in the U.S., which has made it difficult to apply these theories in any way at all. (Just witness the difficulty of passing even a watered down form of universal health care earlier this year.)
Wait, what are we arguing here, what countries are socialists/communists, or the success of those type of countries against other country types like Capitalism?
1. Whether it is successful or not?
2. Whether it works in Developing Countries vs Developed Countries.
In theory, a lot of Marxism sounds good. But it doesn't seem to work on a large scale; every country that has tried has turned into some sort of dictatorship or tyranny. And unfortunately, as a result, "socialism" and "communism" have become really dirty words in the U.S., which has made it difficult to apply these theories in any way at all. (Just witness the difficulty of passing even a watered down form of universal health care earlier this year.)
I agree but to make a half-serious example:
No country hated Socialism more than Germany 70 years ago. Now we have universal health care.
In theory, a lot of Marxism sounds good. But it doesn't seem to work on a large scale; every country that has tried has turned into some sort of dictatorship or tyranny. And unfortunately, as a result, "socialism" and "communism" have become really dirty words in the U.S., which has made it difficult to apply these theories in any way at all. (Just witness the difficulty of passing even a watered down form of universal health care earlier this year.)
He/She/It is new...let's give him/her/it a break
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Communism isn't failing in 3 of the 5 countries that currently have it so does that mean it is a success or failure......
