With the whole Pinochet thing... it is possible to see Allende as having justified a coup through openly defying the judiciary and legislature in trying to force his policies on the country while still considering Pinochet himself to have betrayed the same constitution he claimed to be defending by holding onto power as he did and assembling DINA to become another set of torturing scumbags.
While I suppose you do get tired of being reminded of all those failures of Communism, being dismissive of those failures existence doesn't exactly make you seem like someone I can discuss the matter with rationally. I know the whole "multiple types of Communism", but given the problems in trying to implement it, I think you can understand a lot of people are going to be skeptical.
Is capitalism perfect? Nope. That doesn't mean Communism must be pursued, or even that it's the only alternative. You have to convince people otherwise.
But you're not really here to convince, are you? You're here to bemuse yourself because you think you're flustering people with your presence.
As for the OP, China's probably more on the nationalist authoritarian side than communist these days. Certainly there's some state socialism, but the Chinese don't want to repeat the Cultural Revolution I think? The whole "Dengist" philosophy seems to me to be "above all else, the economy must function, or we risk losing power".
I just finished my bingo sheet, thank you very much for your service, truly braver than the troops.
While I suppose you do get tired of being reminded of all those failures of Communism, being dismissive of those failures existence doesn't exactly make you seem like someone I can discuss the matter with rationally. I know the whole "multiple types of Communism", but given the problems in trying to implement it, I think you can understand a lot of people are going to be skeptical.
Is capitalism perfect? Nope. That doesn't mean Communism must be pursued, or even that it's the only alternative. You have to convince people otherwise.
But you're not really here to convince, are you? You're here to bemuse yourself because you think you're flustering people with your presence.
As for the OP, China's probably more on the nationalist authoritarian side than communist these days. Certainly there's some state socialism, but the Chinese don't want to repeat the Cultural Revolution I think? The whole "Dengist" philosophy seems to me to be "above all else, the economy must function, or we risk losing power".