>>23846375they never were communist, dat was good-feels shit to dupe/coerce the peasantry into supporting their cause (kinda like tramp and company saying their christian) the 'means of production' being in the hands of the state/party is socialism (aka state-capitalism)
anti-intellectualism is keeping the populace dumb via heavy censorship and dictating what information is appropriate to learn/discuss and often the information propagated (including 'academic' material) is sheer fucking fantasy that aggrandizes the party and demonizes whatever boogeyman happens to be in vogue at the moment.
see: xi-thought
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9hxrlAXnPk&pp=0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzvthe intellectuals who didn't flee at the end of the chinese civil war were quickly purged soon after, also having technical aptitude/knowledge does not make one an intellectual... even the technical bros are severely oppressed and 'correct' avenues of research are dictated by the state partly on whim and partly to adhere to current propaganda requirements, hence wholesale theft of foreign intellectual property
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolutionhm... [those who trade freedom for security deserve neither quote]... though it ain't hypocritical to fap to faschoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8oCRUOSrMEmeanwhile in the sane sinosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCq0si14R8 
