So it's entirely possible to think that the CCP is full of parasites trying to mooch off the government while the people actually working in government are at least trying to grow the pie instead of just fighting for a bigger slice, or alternatively that the government is full of power-hungry people and the CCP's internal control mechanisms are at least limiting the worst excesses. So the two are not entirely synonymous.
Regarding the flagging status: this is what you copied:
> ---- nglengjai 10 minutes ago [dead] | parent | unvouch | favorite | on: I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine
If it had been flagged, it would have said so. Compare
frequentnapper 23 hours ago [flagged] [dead] | parent | flag | vouch | favorite | on: I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine
frequentnapper 23 hours ago [flagged] [dead] | parent | flag | vouch | favorite | on: I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine
Good catch, I guess I mixed it up with a different post.
First of all, it's not a pro-CCP comment: it doesn't mention the CCP even once. Secondly, it was [dead] but not [flagged]. Many new accounts start out [dead] as a result of HN's automatic anti-spam measures, no human flagging involved.