The US is run by the capitalist class, and from their point of view China is “authoritarian,” because the Chinese state isn’t allowing the capitalist class to run China.

That’s what Western governments and Western corporate media really mean by “authoritarian” & “totalitarian” governments: that Western capitalist neocolonization is being stymied by those governments.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the government is in control of anything, capitalists will claim authoritarianism. This is the way.

[–] Korkki@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

If the government is in control of anything, capitalists will claim authoritarianism.

It's more like international capital wants unfetter access to resources and labour power in China. A country doing economic or resource nationalism is the problem, not the government doing stuff. All western governments are heavily interventionists in their economies, but they do it mainly for the capitalists and especially the international capitalists, what they do for the people is for keeping social stability so that they may keep their position.