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China isn't capitalist, nor is it an imperialist settler colony that gave 1950s white Statesians a better life. It's a socialist country, the large firms and key industries are overwhelmingly publicly owned and the working classes are in charge of the state. A revolution would be devastating for the Chinese working classes.
That's delusional
The party is in charge of the state. The working class have vanishingly little power.
That's what the Ruling Class in every country says. Can't let everyday people get too uppity
The CPC is a working class party, not a class in itself. In the PRC, public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy, private ownership is relegated to the small and medium firms, which are about half sole proprietorships anyways.
The idea that the party is a distinct class and the idea that an economy where public ownership is principle is somehow capitalist both are contradictory to Marx and common sense, so I'm not sure where you're coming from.
It's genuinely sad to see people who have been so traumatized by living in an epicenter of capitalist profiteering, gaslighting propaganda, and government violence that they can't imagine a society that doesn't work that way. You think this is a normal way for a government to be, and you think the smart thing to do is assume everyone is like the US.
Well I'm imagining a classless, borderless society where everyone's needs are met and it is fantastic.
Nothing about the US government is normal unless in the context of an Empire rapidly approaching the point of collapse.
I have enough knowledge to know that in both better and worse situations, other countries do things often very different and assume as much but try not to assume details. Luckily I'm well read.
China has not reached communism, which itself must be global. It's currently in the developing stages of socialism, which is the necesdary prerequisite to the society you're describing.