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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

One of the major aspects of communism is centralization. As companies inflate, they take more and more control of the market. And if they have ties with countries with such regimes, which seems to be the case nowadays even if they're distancing themselves now, these regimes can leverage the companies' grip on the market to sabotage it and even the culture, so that what remains are the communistic ideals.

And if such process involves making a profit, to such project it is just a means to an end, as then by the end, money will have lost all its value.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Ok, let me see if I'm following you correctly. I assume when you say "countries with such regimes," you're talking about China. So, China has somehow leveraged the grip these large corporations have on their respective markets to sabotage their culture to make them more communistic? Even if that were true, how did these companies inflate to take more and more control of the market in the first place? Is China behind that too?

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Soviet Union started planting the seeds of a take-over project, but when it feel, as there's no vacuum in power, mainly China took over, with strong indication of politicians and beureaucrats from other countries being co-opted by them. Then China started taking away the production capacity from other countries and where it couldn't, it would either buy a given country's means of production, put people they could control in key positions, or use other sabotage strategies.

Technology companies likely fell in either or both of the latter two strategies, as they would show to have deals and aligned strategies with the CCP government. And with people aligned inside, or with the company devalued but still with a perception of relevance, it's easier to take over them.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

That's an extensive and elaborate conspiracy. What do you think should be done about it?