Re:Why Bad Ideas Refuse to Die
by ommunist on Monday August 08, 2016 @12:38AM
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Marxism is a good meme, useful for survival of the society. Just have a brief look at China.
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Re:Why Bad Ideas Refuse to Die
by Turing_Machine on Monday August 08, 2016 @03:21AM
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China hasn't been Marxist in decades. Authoritarian, yes, but not Marxist. Note that they didn't become a significant international player until after they scrapped the Maoist stuff. Before that they were having famines. Just as Venezuela is now having a famine.
And yes, I'm aware that on some level China still describes itself as Marxist, just as the United States still describes itself as a democratic federal republic.