An attempted communist “act of repudiation” failed in Cuba on Monday at the home of the family of political prisoner Andy García Lorenzo, where his family took the opportunity to sing protest songs and chant in the faces of its would-be repressors.

García, 23, is among the estimated thousands arrested on July 11, a day during which human rights groups believe nearly 200,000 people on the island took the streets to demand an end to the 62-year-old communist regime there. The Castro dictatorship responded to widespread peaceful protests with disproportionate violence, engaging in public beatings, arrests, and shootings of suspected dissidents – and even witnesses to the protests – in the aftermath of the event.




Everyone loves socialism - except the people.

Frank wrote on Nov 17^th, 2021 at 7:30am:


You said 'communism' then segued into 'socialism..... I'm afraid you can't do that kind of maneuver without flaps and full power... you'll stall at the top of your flip......

Frank wrote on Nov 17^th, 2021 at 2:01pm:


Plenty of Westerners set up businesses in China, in the heady days of 10% growth. But now geopolitics (ie US paranoia) is destroying the opportunities.


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Er.. was it you who said China has double the number of billionaires as the US?  In any case China has a middle class of 400 million people, bigger than the US. 

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Actually "socialist" China has strayed down the free market road for too long, hence Xi's call to strive for common prosperity, now that a middle class bigger than the US has been achieved. Meanwhile half the US population can't find $600 dollars from savings in an emergency, no nice holidays or freedom from financial stress for them.

  https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/just-39percent-of-americans-could-pay-for-a-1000-emergency-expense.html

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No they are focusing on 'common prosperity'...and developing world leading AI and IT.

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Chinese satisfaction with their government, >90%.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/07/long-term-survey-reveals-chinese-
government-satisfaction/

T"he survey team found that compared to public opinion patterns in the U.S., in China there was very high satisfaction with the central government. In 2016, the last year the survey was conducted, 95.5 percent of respondents were either “relatively satisfied” or “highly satisfied” with Beijing"



The US? Hyper-partisanship in a divided society resulting in the Jan 6th riots, and claims of a rigged election.

thegreatdivide wrote on Nov 19^th, 2021 at 12:16am:



Thank you, that made my day.

thegreatdivide wrote on Nov 20^th, 2021 at 2:16pm:



Oh? So now you don't know what socialism is but defend and advocate for it anyway.  I quoted authoritative sources and provided links from https://www.marxists.org/ .  If you still dont know what socialism is then you will never know. Using emotionally incontinent Global Times Chinese socialis rhetoric  - hyper, entrenched, bleating - indicates that you are actively blind to what it is - or you are a very eager little propagandist FOR it.

Frank wrote on Nov 14^th, 2021 at 9:56am:


Who ever said that I am pro socialism. You have repeatedly proven that you have no idea what it is. Is this the reason you want for me to tell you ?

Frank wrote on Nov 21^st, 2021 at 12:03am:


Are YOU able to consider an economy that works for all?

....which is Bernie Sanders' definition of 'socialism', not bogged down by historical precedents which have nothing to do with the current global reality, in which the market economy has achieved global dominance after the fall of the USSR.

You are just using your anti-"socialist"  rant to avoid  implementation of an economy that works for all,  to serve your own greedy purposes.

thegreatdivide wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2021 at 3:04pm:

Every economy works for all.  Just not equally, regardless of effort and contribution.  The question is - what to reward and what not to.
Equality - ie an economy that works for all,  regardless of contribution and effort - is idiotic. It's the socialist eyewash that seduces the stupid, the resentful and the envious .