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Public toilets in China demand ad views for loo roll (www.msn.com)
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[–] 41 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Funny, everyone perceives China to be some socialist giant. I just spent a week there and it's more capitalist and consumer centric than anything I've ever seen. Certainly more than Singapore, USA, UK. All the brands x all the shopping. It's not a tourist spot, it's a shopping experience.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    everyone perceives China to be some socialist giant

    No they don't.

    You're not the only one with functioning eyes.

    I don't even remember seeing a person actually arguing China is in any way communist. Just like people don't argue that NK is a democracy despite them calling themselves one.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Who mentioned communism?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Holy shit you can't be that childish.

    Okay, let's go with "socialist" then because you're so childish that you're pretending like the form of socialism China is known to claim to be isn't communism.

    If you have to pretend to be that stupid, then perhaps you're not in a good position, argument-wise.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    😂 How sad. Anyway

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What is sad is people like you who can't back up the things they say, and don't even try to.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    China is a unitary communist state led by the CCP that self-designates as a socialist state.

    All I've said is that in my personal experience visiting China this socialist state feels more capitalist than many other countries due to the insane amount of consumerism and mass consumption.

    This is due to reform and opening up in 1978 and a burgeoning middle class with significant purchasing power.

    I'm not belittling China with these facts, I'm merely observing what has happened.

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