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Carl@lemm.ee ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I think China would have to do a lot more for the avg person before they could be considered socialist or communist again

Within the last five years China completely eliminated the worst category of poverty in their borders. I’d say they are currently actively engaged in doing a lot more for the average person than most countries.

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SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
If you can take the Chinese Government for their word. Which I can’t

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- diplodocus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  press.un.org/en/2019/sgsm19779.doc.htm
  Helping 800 Million People Escape Poverty Was Greatest Such Effort in History, Says Secretary-General, on Seventieth Anniversary of China’s Founding
  
  worldbank.org/…/lifting-800-million-people-out-of…
  Lifting 800 Million People Out of Poverty – New Report Looks at Lessons from China’s Experience
  
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- Carl@lemm.ee ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Do you take the Chinese citizens at theirs?
  
  We find that first, since the start of the survey in 2003, Chinese citizen satisfaction with government has increased virtually across the board. From the impact of broad national policies to the conduct of local town officials, Chinese citizens rate the government as more capable and effective than ever before. Interestingly, more marginalized groups in poorer, inland regions are actually comparatively more likely to report increases in satisfaction. Second, the attitudes of Chinese citizens appear to respond (both positively and negatively) to real changes in their material well-being, which suggests that support could be undermined by the twin challenges of declining economic growth and a deteriorating natural environment.
  
  Very few governments on this planet have approval numbers this good, and even fewer have ones this good when it’s a neutral third party conducting the surveys.
  
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  - SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m sorry but a dictator for life is a dealbreaker.
    
    It’s going to collapse once daddy dies like every dictatorship.
    
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    Carl@lemm.ee ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    What makes you think Xi is a dictator? If your answer is “because that’s the vibe I get from American Government propaganda”, then you should reassess the things you think you know about the world. The truth is that China has a very vibrant and active democracy that is much more responsive to the demands of its people than that of most other nations, and Xi is merely the one currently at the top of that democratic system.
    
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    diplodocus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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