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In America, the rich controls the government. In China, the government controls the rich.
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this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2025
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Just the fact that financial crimes over a certain amount are punishable by death in China (and people have actually been executed for them) says a lot. It's a law that literally applies only to the rich because a normal person would never even get to glimpse the amount of money required for execution to be on the table.
The fact that rich people are routinely executed in China is one of the clearest indications that dictatorship of the proletariat has been achieved. And this is precisely why China terrifies the west so much.
I think it's a strong indicator that the political class hasn't been completely bought (yet) but it doesn't at all look like a dictatorship of the proletariat even a little bit.
Do tell how Chinese system doesn't look like a dictatorship of the proletariat even a little bit this ought to be good.