Comments by "Andrew Wilson" (@andrewwilson9183) on "Is China Really Socialist?" video.

Many people hate your country for antagonizing your neighbors and America
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So what you’re telling me is the ideology of the People’s Republic of China is closer to Fascism. Or a hybrid of Fascism and Communism.
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@klarkewang Communism and Marxist Socialism, simply put, is totalitarian democracy, or democratic totalitarianism. This is because they reject property rights, and by extension liberty in general, yet stand for collective decision making. However Marxism adds in dialectical materialism. Fascism, is also totalitarian, however in fascism an oligarchy or autocracy stands in for the “will of the people”, and for the strength of a particular identity. Fascism is identitarian totalitarianism. The ideology of the Chinese Communist Party is in practice Identitarian Totalitarianism with Marxist elements added, with Xi referring dialectical materialism. Hence a blend of fascism and Marxism. Fascism is inherently incompatible with liberal capitalism, as fascism rejects the liberties afforded by liberalism.
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@ 1. I disagree that mainland china has property rights. As far as land is concerned people rent from the state. And the nation is quite authoritarian, the crackdown on Tiananmen square and Hong Kong for example. 2. As I said, the Communist Party is not communist, but rather a hybrid of Fascism and Marxism. 3. A government that plays to nationalism, is authoritarian, and pretends to be democratic, while lacking the democratic institutions, is what Fascism is. 4. I subscribe to Liberalism, or the variety behind the founding of the USA, because it is more consistent with human rights theory. 5. You reflect the tendency of Chinese, and broadly East Asian, political philosophy of not caring about ideology and more caring about “whatever helps the nation”. That simply is the thinking of westerners, and communism, fascism, and liberalism, are all western ideas. You are correct, the Chinese do not care about labels, but from my perspective offering a western perspective, it is Marxistic Fascism.
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@ What do you think fascism is? Perhaps they should leave Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the South China Sea alone.
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@ 1. How is the South China Sea under the sovereignty of Mainland China. Other nations surround the Sea? 2. They promised Hong Kong would have domestic autonomy longer. The majority of Native Hong Kongers do not like the Communist Party. 3. The Communist Party has never, never ruled Taiwan. The Japanese held Taiwan, which was then taken over by the Republic of China, which now rules Taiwan. It is not a “rogue province” it has never been a province. Not of the PRC. The only reason the United States government and others do not recognize that fact is due to fear. 4. I do not care what the Chinese people think, I care about the opinions of the natives of Hong Kong, the Taiwanese, and the nations of the South China Sea.
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@klarkewang 1. It’s not a matter of distance. There are international regulations for maritime borders. The PRC has no natural islands in most of the region. They, have built artificial islands, and use those as an excuse to claim the entire sea. Against the claims of the surrounding nations such as Vietnam and the Philippines. 2. The Communist party has infringed on the autonomy and freedom of the native Hong Kong population. 3. What of the interests of the Taiwanese? Should they not decide to remain independent, in all but name? 4. Again. The PRC has never ruled Taiwan. Therefore it has no sovereignty over the island. It is not comparable to Catalonia. Or Texas. Texas agreed to join the United States. Taiwan has never agreed to join the PRC.
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@ Why can’t Taiwan be independent? It has been effectively independent since 1949. I did not say independent, I said domestic autonomy. I don’t think you are well educated in political theory.
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@ By what right does the Communist Party have authority over Taiwan?
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Why is it good?
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@rayzhang2589 What exactly isn’t true?
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