Originally Posted by
Paul852
Am I missing something here, or is that the most bizarre statement made on this forum for a very long time?
Actually, you are missing something (several somethings I suspect). Communism is an economic system, look it up. The Chinese are definitely NOT communists, but crony capitalists with all the state-owned enterprises and associated corruption. Many, many Chinese have become extremely rich under this system. This would not be possible under proper communism. So, yes, Australia is economically more communist than China despite also being politically democratic. China is politically a dictatorship, under the rouse/guise of old fashioned revolutionary communism. It’s quite a scam they (Xi and his party) are pulling on over a billion Chinese citizens.