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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He is as much a marxist and China as communist as Nth Korea is a Democratic Republic.

Not at all.

[–] tilcica@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yup. china has been market capitalist for a LOOOOOOOOOOONGGGGG time

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly, ever since Deng's famous "I don't care what colour a cat is, as long as it catches mice" speech in the late 1960s they have been moving away from anything that Marx would recognise.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

What could he even Leninist about/at?