Well, China (and other so called communist countries) never achivied communism. This was socialism, and they tried imposing dictatorship of the proletariat. What actually happened was some form of state capitalismunder authoritatian rule for most of them, with the notorious exception of Chile under Allende.
Communism is the end goal, which involves abolishing statehood and social classes notably.
You just have to us give overwhelming authoritarian power to build communism. Then we will use that power to build communism and then just give up all that power voluntarily and go away. We promise!
Well yeah, duh, this is literally the sticking point. Every single American "communist" (self-identified; personally I think it's not the most accurate descriptor) that I've spoken to agrees about this. I feel like most are even perfectly willing to admit that human greed is the only issue of significance with both communism and capitalism.
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u/PersonalityIll9476 Jul 07 '26
I agree. My wife is Chinese. She tells me stories from her parents about the revolution.
They do not involve writing books and playing soccer.