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kpete

(71,953 posts) Fri Dec 19, 2014, 09:38 AM Dec 2014

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"Made In China"

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"Made In China" (Original Post) kpete Dec 2014 OP

well, to be honest, China is not communist RedstDem Dec 2014 #1

That would be "fascism"? n/t n2doc Dec 2014 #2

But when Nixon went there progressoid Dec 2014 #3

They have the worst of both worlds... Wounded Bear Dec 2014 #4

Yeah really! Populist_Prole Dec 2014 #5

RedstDem

(1,239 posts)

1. well, to be honest, China is not communist

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 09:48 AM

Dec 2014

They are the worlds only authoritarian capitalist country.
Or something close to that.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

2. That would be "fascism"? n/t

Reply to RedstDem (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 10:39 AM

Dec 2014

progressoid

(49,916 posts)

3. But when Nixon went there

Reply to RedstDem (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 01:16 PM

Dec 2014

to normalize relations they still were. And, the Vietnam War was still going strong.

Wounded Bear

(58,571 posts)

4. They have the worst of both worlds...

Reply to RedstDem (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 01:20 PM

Dec 2014

The excesses of capitalism, the evils of authoritarian communism.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)

5. Yeah really!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 01:58 PM

Dec 2014

I'm astounded by how many wingnuts at work DO NOT see the irony when I pointed it out several days ago.

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