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[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Weird because China is succeeding quite well.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Probably more fascist than communist these days. My actual favourite theory though is that there are way more important things happening under the hood of nations, and whether they're called communist or democratic or whatever is just a veneer.

James A. Robinson's book Why Nations Fail for instance provides an interesting alternative way to look at this, that goes beneath the surface.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Beneath the surface of every great nation's collapse is US Interference