Then it isn't communism.
These debates get bogged down, because it seems like whenever someone says "That's not communism", you guys think that's because we're defending communism.
It's pretty hard to discuss something when people won't even define the basic terms correctly.
None of our economies are just one thing, so what is the point in slapping on these big "scary" words ?
China can not be called communist in the way that you all act like communism is and ALSO have the 2nd largest economy in the world. To keep talking about the "CCP" in this matter is just culture war nonsense. I don't get the point of sticking to these useless criticisms instead of criticizing the countless legitimate bad shit that China actually does.
Instead of doing that, we waste time having to talk about how China, Biden, and Bernie are all evil commies.