I think that their economic growth and fight with poverty is impressive, but it comes at many costs that I am not sure a proper democratic country (more than one party etc pp) would have taken.
Other than the elimination of poverty I don’t think that the CCP is socialist at all, but I don’t know much about them I only ever hear about china.
To me socialism embodies not only solidarity, freedom from capitalistic oppression etc but also many freedoms and I don’t think that china does very well on that front - not even being a democracy.
In my mind a state that’s not a democracy can’t be called socialist and honestly it will never be socialist because socialism can’t be dictated by a benevolent dictator it has to be understood and fought for by its citizens.
It’s worth noting that having a single party is not at odds with having a democracy. Basically all this means is that communism is accepted as the right approach, and there is room for debate over what the best way to implement communism is.
I don’t actually see any fundamental problem with that myself. As long as the party represents the will of the people, and there is meaningful participation from the public then it’s a democratic system.
On the other hand, it can be debated whether CCP represents the principles of communism well. Allowing private industry and inequality are both policies that are clearly at odds with the ideals of communism. I also disagree with the decision to allow business people into the party. That goes directly against the premise of the dictatorship of the proletariat.
I think that their economic growth and fight with poverty is impressive, but it comes at many costs that I am not sure a proper democratic country (more than one party etc pp) would have taken.
Other than the elimination of poverty I don’t think that the CCP is socialist at all, but I don’t know much about them I only ever hear about china.
To me socialism embodies not only solidarity, freedom from capitalistic oppression etc but also many freedoms and I don’t think that china does very well on that front - not even being a democracy.
In my mind a state that’s not a democracy can’t be called socialist and honestly it will never be socialist because socialism can’t be dictated by a benevolent dictator it has to be understood and fought for by its citizens.
It’s worth noting that having a single party is not at odds with having a democracy. Basically all this means is that communism is accepted as the right approach, and there is room for debate over what the best way to implement communism is.
I don’t actually see any fundamental problem with that myself. As long as the party represents the will of the people, and there is meaningful participation from the public then it’s a democratic system.
On the other hand, it can be debated whether CCP represents the principles of communism well. Allowing private industry and inequality are both policies that are clearly at odds with the ideals of communism. I also disagree with the decision to allow business people into the party. That goes directly against the premise of the dictatorship of the proletariat.
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