• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    9
    ·
    9 days ago

    > government runs half the economy

    ‘But how is dear leader like a CEO, unless he signs every paycheck by hand?’

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      9 days ago

      The public sector has their own planners, Xi deals more with broad policies and decisions. That’s like saying Biden is the “CEO” of Amazon, it doesn’t make sense, plus the CPC heavily plans even the Private Sector. This is all in line with Marxism.

      • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        8
        ·
        edit-2
        9 days ago

        … how directly involved do you think any CEO is?

        If the state is making policy and planning decisions for both the public and private sectors, how does the distinction even matter? It’s like if Biden was Jeff Bezos’s boss.

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          11
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          9 days ago

          It’s just an extremely odd thing to say and paints any leader as a CEO. The coach is the CEO of the football team, the Starbucks manager is the CEO of the store, etc. Etc.

          • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            8
            ·
            9 days ago

            Not an argument. You’re just complaining about how there’s multiple words for “some schmuck in charge.” Do you realize that’s incompatible with your prior insistence he is not in charge?

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              11
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              9 days ago

              Xi is in the highest seat of the CPC, that doesn’t make him a “CEO.” Your comment is nonsense word salad.

              • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                arrow-down
                7
                ·
                9 days ago

                If you can distinctly disagree with it then it’s not word salad. You’re just pulling insults from a hat.

                The comparison between shmucks-in-charge is crystal clear. No CEO plans and runs an entire company. They have layers of people under them. They are still in charge. They pick those planners, and tell them what to do, in broad terms.

                Your argument against this is that the state only has half the economy… and even that is undercut by acknowledging they “heavily plan” the other half.

                • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  9
                  arrow-down
                  2
                  ·
                  9 days ago

                  No, my argument is that framing Xi as a CEO is nonsense. I disagree with the framing as it isn’t accurate.

                  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    arrow-down
                    6
                    ·
                    9 days ago

                    That’s not an argument. That’s a conclusion. The argument is the “why” part. Why is not not accurate?

                    You tried arguing why, and missed. That’s what all the stuff about layers of planners is about. If those are the actual reasons you reached this conclusion, it should change.