And China has just about as many of those capitalism problems as we do.

Do you really think China has all of the same capitalism problems?

China doesn't have:

• a rampant and actively ignored homeless problem
• widespread food insecurity, including among children
• a disgustingly large and widening wealth gap, with the government bribery that comes with it
• inaccessible or unaffordable healthcare for a large portion of its population, especially those most needing of it
• reversal of child labor laws and increasing promotion of its use
• destruction of the education system and villifying those seeking to escape generational poverty
• a massive and increasing renting population (compared to those with outright ownership), spending an increasingly large fraction of their constantly decreasing wages on housing
• an incarceration rate nearly five times average developed nations driven largely by for-profit prisons and slave labor performed by the imprisoned

Does China have problems related to capitalism's influence? Of course. Does it have as many, or do they permeate it so deeply and thoroughly? Of course not.

Yeah, it’s weird that people prefer democracy to dictatorship.

That's why I support China and want to destroy the burger empire.

Dog we are communists, we don’t get “freedom of speech”, if we become an actual threat to state power they have and will again in the future imprison and kill us

Good luck changing anything in this world in bourgeois democracy if you're not wealthy and influential... It's a dictatorship of capitalist class, not more nor less.

Where did you get the notion that it's a dictatorship? Did it ever cross your mind how the world's largest population has agreed to live in a dictatorship? Same is the case with DPRK.

Did you ever asked yourself how is this possible in 2023 that no news ever comes out about people's revolt in these countries ever when even one of their leader's haircut becomes a news.

China does not have parliamentary democracy doesn't mean it doesn't have democracy instead it's more democratic then the western lib dems.

If you never has had a chance to have an alternate view, you are welcome to lurk and learn. We have all been there where you are now. Probably one day you too would see the world for what it really is instead of what its shown to be.

And what exactly is the definition of democracy are you basing that of?

https://www.newsweek.com/most-china-call-their-nation-democracy-most-us-say-america-isnt-1711176

When asked whether they believe their country is democratic, those in China topped the list, with some 83% saying the communist-led People's Republic was a democracy. A resounding 91% said that democracy is important to them.

But in the U.S., which touts itself as a global beacon of democracy, only 49% of those asked said their country was a democracy. And just over three-quarters of respondents, 76%, said democracy was important.

For instance, some 63% in the U.S. said their government mainly serves the interests of a minority, while only 7% said the same in China. Asked about whether their country held free and fair elections and offered all citizens the right to free speech, nearly a third of respondents in the U.S., 32% and 31%, respectively, said they did not, while just 17% and 5%, respectively, in China answered the same questions negatively.

And in China, a mere 5% also said not everyone enjoys equal rights in their country, as opposed to 42% who identified this same issue in the U.S.

For the complete data here's the spreadsheet of the "Democracy Perception Index 2022 - Topline Results".

World you participate in a mild, painless experiment? Would you carefully read Roland Boer's Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and then come back here with an honest review? You don't even have to agree with him. All I ask for is a fair treatment.

"but muh freeze peach!"

Dictatorship... of the proletariats!

I get that you are arguing from a place of good faith but China absolutely has less problems economically (for the average person) than the US does. For example I had a pretty tough familial loss recently and the medical bills were a whole nother level of suffering for my family. If we lived nearly anywhere else (let alone in China) the cost would be not only more affordable, but usually treatment is more affective as well(also related to cost tbh, bc you have better health outcomes the more time you spend in the care of good medical professionals and doctors, and the more time you spend with them, the more money you spend with them). I just wanted to give my 2 cents on how living in the US is a bit of a punishment in some ways and that you can draw comparisons between the US and China’s capitalist elements but end of the day, USA is a way worse form of capitalism. I hope I didn’t come off rude or anything, I wish you a good day😊