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Again, you’re thinking from a perspective of a market economy which China is not.

no, i’m thinking from the perspective of resources being finite, which they are

also, i don’t think you know what a market economy is. china literally calls itself a market economy

I’m sure that saving countless millions of lives and preventing people from becoming sick and turning into a strain on the healthcare system is actually very good for the economy.

the meme of “countless millions of lives” aside, you making this argument means that you accept that china shifting more to state-capitalism than regular capitalism isn’t intentional, so i’m not sure what point you’re trying to make

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no, i’m thinking from the perspective of resources being finite, which they are

Resources being finite has fuck all to do with where manufacturing happens.

also, i don’t think you know what a market economy is. china literally calls itself a market economy

China is a state planned economy where markets act as an allocator. The state makes the decisions where the resources should be allocated however. That’s the difference from actual market economies where allocation happens completely organically based on the whims of the investors.

In fact, what China actually calls itself is a birdcage economy where the market acts as a bird, free to fly within the confines of a cage representing the overall economic plan. https://informaconnect.com/a-birdcage-economy-understanding-china/

the meme of “countless millions of lives” aside, you making this argument means that you accept that china shifting more to state-capitalism than regular capitalism isn’t intentional, so i’m not sure what point you’re trying to make

It’s always adorable when people use terms they have very shallow understanding of. There is a fundamental difference between regular capitalism and what you refer to as state capitalism. The purpose of labor under regular capitalism is to create capital for business owners. Capital accumulation is the driving mechanic of the system, hence the name. Meanwhile, the purpose of state owned enterprise is to provide social value such as building infrastructure, producing food and energy, providing healthcare, and so on.

The point I’m very obviously making is that the state has very different goals from private capital, and thus it allocates labor differently. If this is a point that you have trouble understanding then maybe you can spend a bit more time educating yourself on the subject instead of debating a subject you clearly have a very tenuous grasp of.

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Resources being finite has fuck all to do with where manufacturing happens.

china invents capability to snap fingers and materialize manufacturing capability out of thin air

The state makes the decisions where the resources should be allocated however.

i’m not willing to have this debate with you over whether china is a market economy when i’ve literally provided you a source that quotes china calling itself a market economy

It’s always adorable when people use terms they have very shallow understanding of.

you mean like when you said china wasn’t a market economy, despite china saying they were a market economy? and then when you accused me of using terms i didn’t understand then providing a description of those terms that showed i’d used them accurately? what point do you think you’re making here?

The point I’m very obviously making is that the state has very different goals from private capital

you’re trying to make that point by pointing to a shift away from private capital, which is a completely meaningless statistic because the shift away from private capital wasn’t intentional so doesn’t imply anything about an economic plan going forward

i literally spelled that out for you last time and you still chose to deliberately miss it

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china invents capability to snap fingers and materialize manufacturing capability out of thin air

If by that you mean China spends decades building out manufacturing capacity and setting up supply chains then sure.

i’m not willing to have this debate with you over whether china is a market economy when i’ve literally provided you a source that quotes china calling itself a market economy

I’ve literally provided you with the source explaining the context of markets within the Chinese economy and explained why your understanding is superficial. Clearly you don’t care about actually understanding the subject you’re opining on.

you mean like when you said china wasn’t a market economy, despite china saying they were a market economy?

Literally explained to you why it’s not, you didn’t bother addressing any of that and just continued bleating about China being a market economy. Really showing the quality of your intellect here.

you’re trying to make that point by pointing to a shift away from private capital, which is a completely meaningless statistic because the shift away from private capital wasn’t intentional so doesn’t imply anything about an economic plan going forward

LMFAO

i literally spelled that out for you last time and you still chose to deliberately miss it

if you work on your reading comprehension a bit, then you’ll see that I’ve addressed your nonsense already

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