Communism looks good on paper

and looks even better in the real world

  • happybaby [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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    1 day ago

    The US Constitution seemed to have this idea in mind with its intent, though it’s evolved into the same old concentration of power over time. Doesn’t matter which party either. The reality is power is so concentrated now that there are no true parties anymore. This is a mafia that transcends both sides.

    So no China is no proof of anything except improper concentration of power. Mostly capitalist by the way.

    If your opinion is that power is concentrated in the hands of the few in both the USA and China, how do you explain the difference between how bad it’s going for America rn vs. how good it’s going for China rn? Sure, both have their problems, no country is perfect, but it really looks like the USA is completely falling apart while China is having technological breakthrough after technological breakthrough.

    Thanks for your response btw, the original commenter is right that people who downvote and leave don’t contribute anything to the conversation, unlike you.

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      I think we have different definitions of how good things are going.

      In my mind the scientific breakthrough phenomena is an interesting one. The US just defunded their universities and research programs across the board. So they are truly not even competing in that space at the moment.

      Right now the world is desperately racing to AI dominance because the innovations in warfare are so tragic, they are left with no other option. The US leads in this space which implies that all innovation will soon be greatly enhanced with these tools.

      To me, 99% of people on the planet are interested in a handful of common ideas: health, family, housing, entertainment, and a good job (I’ve not heard a better definition for this than: challenging, make an impact, fairly compensated).

      I honestly don’t care much about comparing the US and China in these regards since neither match the systems I mentioned before which are capitalism with a foundation of human rights paid for centralized non profit organizations or communism with high satisfaction and reduced concentration of government power.

      If 99% of people are aligned on these topics, the reality is all war, conflict, government powers, regional economic competition are unnecessary. The government should be for the entire planet and simply administrative. That is the true ideal. Everyone gets to vote on their administrative tasks based on performance and efficiency markers every year.

      No need for presidents, militaries, etc.

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          Provide sources for your claim and you just may change my mind. However, even if it is a current lead, I wonder if it would last any relevant length of time. For one, their chips are not as quality. Second, as far as I can tell the US is entering a war with military contracts being signed with AI companies. This unprecedented coupling of AI and warfare isn’t being matched by anyone on earth.

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            4 hours ago

            huggingface.co/models

            Read it and weep. China is completely dominating.

            Regarding the future, what use are those chips if you don’t build more electric grid? China builds tons of solar panels, and usa builds nothing. China is already developing better chips, and has cut off your rare earths supply, so you can’t develop better chips.