• trot@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    1 year ago

    “Today, five countries exist that can be said to be communist: China, Russia”

    Tell me you have no idea what you are talking about without directly telling me you have no idea what you are talking about. In what way can today’s Russia “be said to be communist”, and how does its current, very explicitly anti-communist government, contribute to the point you are making?

    • Tedesche@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      You can replace Russia with North Korea if it suits you, I forgot to include that one. Yes, the USSR was communist, while modern day Russia much less so. Doesn’t change my point and doesn’t mean I don’t know what I’m talking about.

    • notsharp@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I once read somewhere that presently no country in the world runs government in the form of 100% true communism including China and Russia. They are just some sort of mixed communism and other types.