88
Rivian Tore Apart A Xiaomi EV And Discovered What America Can’t Match | Carscoops
(www.carscoops.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025
88 points (83.8% liked)
Technology
76635 readers
3385 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
First, what's a "communism?" Second, China is capitalist as hell; it's just capitalism under an authoritarian regime rather than under a democracy.
So, exactly like the USA.
No, the CCP is competent.
Not yet but very close.
China has a state controlled economy. No business persists unless allowed. That’s closer to a communist setup than a free market.
Free markets are a myth. Every country on Earth regularly interferes in the market to align it with its interests; China just does it more. That's still not communism, because you can't have billionaires (or private property in general) under communism. China under Mao was communist, but under Xi? No way. The Chinese government exerts significant control over its economy, but the primary driver of economic growth is still the private sector. China isn't doing anything fundamentally different from what any Western capitalist state could do if they got their act together for five minutes.
I think the difference is in the breadth of control they can exert. US buying 10% stake in Intel, bailing out auto manufacturers, giving tax incentives to expedite select industries, etc.. are very similar to Chinese state control, but not identical.
Fair assessment that’s it’s not a true communism, but it mimics the aftermath of a failed communism which is seen over and over, hence the reference.
Maybe read about terms like Communism before making statements.
Maybe add value to a conversation instead of arrogantly thumping your chest like you know everything?