Quote (Saucisson6000 @ Apr 10 2018 11:43am)

free market fairy: "it's happening"


nb: China accelerated the process due this:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/chinas-parliament-has-about-100-billionaires-according-to-data-from-the-hurun-report.html

enjoy your billionaire president & house staff ... This is a strong sign.

Quote (Saucisson6000 @ Apr 10 2018 09:43am)

free market fairy: "it's happening"


nb: China accelerated the process due this:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/chinas-parliament-has-about-100-billionaires-according-to-data-from-the-hurun-report.html

enjoy your billionaire president & house staff ... This is a strong sign.

Quote (Mao Tse-tung)

The present-day capitalist economy in China is a capitalist economy which for the most part is under the control of the People's Government and which is linked with the state-owned socialist economy in various forms and supervised by the workers. It is not an ordinary but a particular kind of capitalist economy, namely, a state-capitalist economy of a new type. It exists not chiefly to make profits for the capitalists but to meet the needs of the people and the state. True, a share of the profits produced by the workers goes to the capitalists, but that is only a small part, about one quarter, of the total. The remaining three quarters are produced for the workers (in the form of the welfare fund), for the state (in the form of income tax) and for expanding productive capacity (a small part of which produces profits for the capitalists). Therefore, this state-capitalist economy of a new type takes on a socialist character to a very great extent and benefits the workers and the state.

Quote (djman72 @ 10 Apr 2018 18:32)

China is no good..... We already know this. Weren't you and Fenderp defending China's ridiculous policies just a few days ago?
The flip flopping is hard to keep straight.

Quote (NinjaSushi @ Apr 10 2018 03:27pm)

Whew poor Chinese people. China has its people by the balls.

Quote (Skinned @ Apr 10 2018 08:51pm)

United States is rejecting Democratic Rule and *bracing authoritarian capitalism. We are moving in *ther direction.

Quote (Saucisson6000 @ Apr 10 2018 03:09pm)

nice bullcrap like usual

Quote (TradeBot @ Apr 10 2018 04:10pm)

*embracing *e
Also,
https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/2422/how-to-express-same-shit-different-names-in-mandarin.

Quote (djman72 @ 10 Apr 2018 22:17)

Nice dodge, like usual.
:rofl:

Quote (inkanddagger @ 10 Apr 2018 19:07)

China is authoritarian capitalism on steroids. They long ago abandoned any semblance of communism. Even Mao admitted he wasn't a communist.
Except, capitalism always progresses into oligarchy and authoritarianism. Mao was blind.

Quote (balrog66 @ Apr 9 2018 10:58am)

https://www.wired.com/story/age-of-social-credit/



Just a snippet of the article, but I think people will get the gist of it with this. China is introducing a social credit system, a la Black Mirror ("Nosedive" is the name of the episode). The system is in trial but will become compulsory in 2020. So what this means is that if you abide by the rules, and follow party lines, you will achieve a higher score. Obedience to the government is rewarded. Easier access to mortgages, rentals, visas, etc. Carrot instead of the stick. But already, there are talks about the introduction of the stick.

And the worst part of it? Your score is affected by your social network. Have a good friend that doesn't play by the rules, even though you do? Too bad, your score will tank.

This is dystopia come to life.