You’re bringing your western individualist viewpoint with you, which is why it’s confusing. If you think of socialism as something regarding the whole of society it becomes perfectly clear: It becomes a moral order to do what is necessary to ensure a cohesive and orderly socialist society, and it is the moral duty of individuals to be what the state needs them to be for the cohesive and orderly socialist society.

This is the merging of Communist and Confucian thought into something uniquely Chinese. Obviously, it’s completely different than what the US is doing because they’re doing it for selfish and exploitative reasons and not for the greater good of society.