From the left it is important to be clear that China is not really either communist or socialist, yet tends to discredit all such genres in the regime of absolute rejection of critiques of capitalism.
The left has to disown China in order to move on to some real version of socialism. Authoritarian capitalism could end up being a sad lot of Americans also…
Source: ‘We lost’: HBO’s Bill Maher breaks down how China is beating America — at everything – Alternet.org
