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The presence of the bourgeoisie, and by extension private property, is in fact a contradiction, in the dialectical sense. This doesn't mean it is antithetical for private ownership to exist within socialism, however, just that it is something that must be gradually negated. In the PRC, public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy. Private ownership is about half sole proprietorships and cooperatives, and the rest governs secondary and medium firms.
The purpose of this is that markets and private ownership naturally centralize into monopoly, ie they socialize as Marx says. As these firms grow, the CPC folds them into the public sector, negating them. To nationalize even the small and medium firms, dogmatically, before they socialize, is contradictory with Marxist analysis.
Class struggle continues under socialism, that's factually true. It is only when all of production and distribution have been collectivized globally that class struggle can truly be negated. Since we cannot jump straight there, the proletariat stands above the bourgeoisie by holding the state and the state controlling the large firms and key industries.
China's system is already democratic, as I explained. At a democratic level, local elections are direct, while higher levels are elected by lower rungs. At the top, constant opinion gathering and polling occurs, gathering public opinion, driving gradual change. This system is better elaborated on in Professor Roland Boer's Socialism in Power: On the History and Theory of Socialist Governance.
Further, the idea of a "social credit score" is a myth. The system was only partially implemented, and is about businesses, not the working classes. The fact that you claim I am the one "blasting propaganda at the expense of truth" as you quite literally are dogmatically spouting propaganda based on fabrications and exaggerations is peak hypocricy.
Sure they are. I’m plenty critical of China for valid reasons, such as their presently poor LGBTQIA+ legislation (though it has been gradually improving) or their backing of Cambodia over Vietnam back during the time of Pol Pot. Your “criticisms,” more often than not, aren’t logically justified.
Just did, the fact that you jump to dehumanization instead of responding to anything I am actually saying is evidence to your incapability of doing so.
I answered every single one of your claims, fully, and with evidence. What issues did I sidestep? Which of my claims are "propaganda?" You're sidestepping the entire argument itself because you can't make one, so you jump to insults to protect your honor.