China

[Noah]

I know China is not communist for obvious reasons.

It is evidently a capitalist country, however because communism can only occur when capitalism has progressed as much as possible, then can we say China is like a catalyst towards communism?

[redstar2000]

"Catalyst"?

I don't think that's the word you're looking for.


Originally posted by Dictionary.com
Something that initiates or causes an important event to happen. Originally a term used in chemistry for the volatile (active) chemical in a formula.

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[Noah]

Well yeah, more importantly, do you get my drift or has using this word just confused you?

[dislatino]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18 2006, 10:10 PM
I know China is not communist for obvious reasons.

It is evidently a capitalist country, however because communism can only occur when capitalism has progressed as much as possible, then can we say China is like a catalyst towards communism?
By using catalyst in your sentence you have giving me reason to believe that you used it metaphorically, i understood:

Definition: A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction, but is not itself changed during the reaction.

China as a capitalist country is speeding attempts to revolutionise into communism, but is not itself changed during the revolution.

i may have taken it out of context, but it's what it sounds like to me.

[Noah]

Yeah what I was trying to say was, China is not communist however it 'works towards communism' by progressing capitalism as much as it can?

[Trotsky.jr]

Originally posted by [email protected] 19 2006, 12:46 PM
Yeah what I was trying to say was, China is not communist however it 'works towards communism' by progressing capitalism as much as it can?
I am not sure if I am correct regarding this issue but what I think is, China is heading for a counter revolution.

Theses on Revolution and Counterrevolution (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1926/1926-revo.htm)

[Janus]

"Catalyst"?

I don't think that's the word you're looking for.
I agree. Path, maybe? Either way, dissent is growing in China and it will soon be seen in the cities as well as the countryside. Besides, a major recession of some sort seems quite likely in the future, something akin to what all the other Asian Tigers have experienced.