I was in a kerfuffle with a western “leftist” on discord. I was once on a server called “socialism” but then i got kicked for being a “tankie”, but that’s not the point of this. When I asked about where “democratic socialism”, which is more of an us-not-them word than anything imo, worked out, they pointed to Gadaffiist Libya. What would be a good response to that?

  • Devin
    -1•3 years ago

    So it isn’t socialism?

    • The Free PenguinOP
      3•3 years ago

      Yes, it is. If China were capitalist, all these people who got too power hungry wouldn’t be arrested.

      • Devin
        1•3 years ago

        But isn’t socialism about the workers owning the means of production. If there’s still plenty of private ownership of the means of production, isn’t that not socialism?

        • Makan ☭ CPUSA
          1•3 years ago

          If there’s a democracy in China with the vanguard of the proletariat in power, it is socialism.

          • Devin
            2•3 years ago

            So anyone can run and vote for who they want?

              • Devin
                2•3 years ago

                I thought the central committee controls who runs?

                • The Free PenguinOP
                  1•3 years ago

                  Yeah ok, and maybe, that’s for the better.

                  • Devin
                    2•3 years ago

                    And who elects the members of that committee?

              • Devin
                0•3 years ago

                But doesn’t the central committee control who runs

                • Makan ☭ CPUSA
                  1•3 years ago

                  No. It’s done democratically.