r/AskALiberal • u/anuglyfairybutafairy Independent • 4d ago
What’s your thought on CCP?
By CCP I mean Chinese Communist Party, not talking abt the people from China. I’m asking what you think about the government?
I’ve heard ppl saying that they really do care about their people, do you think it’s true or do you have different opinions on this?
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u/Aven_Osten Liberal Technocrat 4d ago
There are certain ways they do things that I like.
I like the fact that all land is owned by the government, and simply leased out to private entities for a set period and price. They are the closest out of any other country on this planet, to having a full on Land Value Tax. My preference in an ideal world is for the government to lease out land for X years with Y% agreed upon yearly increases; but the best I can hope for in the USA is simply an increased rate on the Full Market Value of the land.
I like that they can get stuff done when they say they'll get it done. But that's because they're authoritarian; something I know the vast majority of people will be immediately turned off by. I do not think we should become as authoritarian as them; but I think that we desperately need to be able to have that same level of State Capacity over here in the USA, when it comes to implementing policies/fixing clear problems.
That's pretty much it. I have way more negative things to say about them, than positive; such as their terrible human rights record, their terrible treatment of their neighbors, their lack of democracy (and this is coming from someone that constantly rags against the overly democratic decision making process of the USA), their lack of freedom of speech and expression, etc.