The “be fair” bit comes off as quite libbish and not making a real point, it smacks of “um china is actually capitalist” because they misunderstand that dengist market reforms haven’t changed the subordination of the bourgeoisie in China to the CPC which they constantly demonstrate (most basedly when they execute a corrupt billionaire). Like who cares about some arbitrary strategic/ tactical dichotomy?? China stay winning
I interpreted it as a Soviet exceptionalist take as in “Real communism is when the entire economy is planned using Excel, anything else is just sparkling socialism.”
no the point is that china isn’t totally reliant on central planning, and freagle is right, they have central planning but it really isn’t what seperates them from capitalist countries because for instance japan and occupied korea have used central planning to great effect but still ultimately fell to the same woes as other capitalist countries, what makes china different is that they are controlled by a communist party.
freagle is very much pro china and thinks they are a socialist country that controls the bourgeoisie.
https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4998280/4578214
lots of comments defending china if you just search china under freagle, you’re boxing with shadows rn