I'm left wondering how libertarians and conservatives can rationalize so much that the actual meaning of "communism" is meaningless to them.
And yet, were one to bring up something like our own Constitution, they're as rigid as a pack of blued German steel piano tuning pins.
At some point, flexibility, moral relativism, alternative facts and situational ethics are all going to collide head on in an arrangement like this.
Cars have to stay in their lane, and in the US, it is the right lane on a two lane road.
In England, it's the left lane.
If a car drifts over to the left side of the road in the US, it is safe to say that they are no longer driving normally.
They have drifted over to the other side of the road, and that's perfectly okay if they're in England,
but if they're NOT IN ENGLAND ANYMORE...
Jack, what people are trying to explain to you is, "the Chinese aren't in England anymore", and by that token, they are not communist anymore despite being Communist with a capital "C".
They are playing a capitalist game with the entire capitalist world now.
If some of us are living IN CHINA, their internal policies have a direct effect upon us, then it is safe to say one may see visible signs of Communist Party influence in their everyday lives.
But to those of us on the outside, like here in the USA, for instance, they appear as capitalists. They are playing the capitalist market and using capitalist dollars to fund their growth, just as other capitalists would do.
And despite the internal influence of Communist Party ideology and policy, Chinese people are earning money for a living, purchasing hard and soft goods, making a profit at business and paying for services both out of pocket and via taxation. Their internal system of governance is now making large use of privatized business as an interface with government services, too.
The private sector, by whatever definition one wants, is thriving. And when owners thrive, that is indeed the PRIVATE portion of what IS in fact defined AS "private sector", even in China.
There's your capitalism.
Chinese capitalism is vastly different from Western capitalism, and the same may be said of "Chinese democracy" as well.
However both exist in some form or another and currently, Chinese capitalism is enthralling the entire planet.
