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yea they basically kept all the worst parts of communism (authoritarianism, endless bureaucracy, orwellian surveillance on their own ppl, cult of personality leaders, etc) and combined it with all the worst parts of unfettered and unregulated capitalism. a truly horrific chimera.
>it's a zombie nation built on the gravesite of a great nation
its a lot like iran. for nearly all of recorded history, it was literally one of the centers of the world. and now you look at the place, and its hard to even fathom how it could get so shit, so quickly.
and sadly for the chinks, theres not even rly a solution on the horizon either. they got the party and thats it. and since theyre following the soviet model, the only real way out is just riding it off the cliff. and then youre back in the warlords era again, which has NEVER been any good for china historically.
its just a mess. in a better timeline the student protests succeeded instead of all of them getting squished by tanks and [REDACTED]