PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to The Democratic People's Republic of Tankiejerk@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMaybe TWO things can be bad at once! Or even three or four!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1678arrow-down128
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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 days agoCan anyone explain what the aesthetics of socialism are and which atrocities are being hidden? Could it be China? But they aren’t Socialist.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 days ago Could it be China? But they aren’t Socialist. Take that up with tankies, who will argue long and passionately that China is actually very socialist.
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoNot in practice, but they do claim to be (and in fairness, do some things in a more “socialist” way - looking at you privatisation in the west…) I think this what OOP means with “aesthetics”, it’s that they claim to be a socialist state, when in many ways, it’s rather capitalist. Regardless, holding up any country as a beacon of all that is good is pretty silly, if you ask me. No where (that I know of) should be emulated in every regard.
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoI think Xi self identifies as Marxist Leninist
Can anyone explain what the aesthetics of socialism are and which atrocities are being hidden?
Could it be China? But they aren’t Socialist.
Take that up with tankies, who will argue long and passionately that China is actually very socialist.
Not in practice, but they do claim to be (and in fairness, do some things in a more “socialist” way - looking at you privatisation in the west…)
I think this what OOP means with “aesthetics”, it’s that they claim to be a socialist state, when in many ways, it’s rather capitalist.
Regardless, holding up any country as a beacon of all that is good is pretty silly, if you ask me.
No where (that I know of) should be emulated in every regard.
I think Xi self identifies as Marxist Leninist