[Saline9515]

China is a ruthless capitalist country managed by an authoritarian regime. Planning and lack of respect for the individual or the rule of law are not communist per se.

[nozzlegear]

> Planning and lack of respect for the individual or the rule of law are not communist per se.

They just happen to be a feature of every single country that's attempted communism to date. Total coincidence.

[Saline9515]

And? Fascism does it, too. Authoritarian rule, such as monarchy, does it too.