Marv gives us a series of erroneous factual assertions with no proof. "the key industries are mostly state-owned" Just not true. We went through the facts in previous threads.
"private corporations are subordinate to the ruling party rather than the other way round as in Western capitalism" Capitalists are in the party and the state (not merely their hired hacks!). Contention in the ruling class simply moves into the party. Some favor policies that also help outright private capitalists. "and one moreover which has developed the productive forces and lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty at an historically unprecedented pace since the 1949 revolution, particularly since the Dengist turn to private markets" The rate of development since 1980 (44 years ago) is not significantly higher than Japan after World War Two, for example. The population and hence the scope are bigger, which may be what misleads Marv about the rate. Worse than Japan, income inequality is more polarized, and several hundred million people remain wage slaves to long hours and very low pay. China today is the first capitalist country to carry out most of its industrialization after a socialist period. Yes, that affects the form of Chinese capitalism. It is more vicious and more repressive than classic bourgeois democracies. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30428): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30428 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106146595/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
