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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 22:38:08 EST Strypey

   @jb55 @dredmorbius @cjd somebody has already mentioned China. From inside it actually looks more like a mixed economy than the pure command economy people tend to think of when they use "communism" as an attack word. But it certainly has an all-encompassing government, which runs lots of long term plans, and owns a lot of the major infrastructure companies (eg telecoms). You can't describe their economic conditions as "poor".

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 22:41:24 EST Strypey

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      @jb55 @dredmorbius @cjd also it's news to me that Venezuela is "communist". Don't they still have multi-party elections, and a free press? I believe they did under Chavez. Also I'm aware he nationalised the country's oil industry, but when did they abolish private property?