History is repeating itself. The world leaders were too slow to deal with Hitler, just like they'll be too slow to deal with Xi Jinping. Trauma of past wars, fear for the economy, and underestimation of their true intentions.
The regimes helped raise a lot of people from grinding poverty through central planning. But also have very heavy-handed approaches to social issues. For example:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Falun_Gong
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/6/chinas-chris...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliviaenos/2018/03/28/growing-r...
The Nazis were no socialists. Socialism isn't part of naziism. Yes it was in their name, but republic is in China's official name, and north korea is know as the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea. We wouldn't claim either country is a democracy.
By throwing in Nazis and socialism in the same pot, you are equating those two ideas in people's minds when they are absolutely not
The key point is that they're both hungry for power, evil and brutal, wish to force their ideology upon the world, and most importantly, are in a position where it's possible for them to achieve their goals. Do I believe that Hitler/Xi Jinping were/are the most evil people on earth? No, but unlike others, they're both in a position where they can conquer the world (no matter how much we want to pretend otherwise) and cause great suffering to people outside their own borders. To dismiss the comparison because one put jews in concentration camps while the other is putting muslims, or whatever ideological difference you can find, is missing the point.
My point specifically was about equating Nazis to socialists. There's been a concentrated campaign the past few weeks to say that Nazis were socialists, so socialists today are the real Nazis and not the guys with SS tattoos who are advocating for ethnic purity.
If you don't like socialists for whatever reason, that's a position you can hold. I just don't like this muddying of waters for political reasons.
Also again, I don't think you are spreading this on purpose. I've seen it start on alt right influenced subreddits and seen it spread the past few weeks, to the point that I am now seeing it casually mentioned in neutral forums as an offhand fact.
So I scrapped the whole thing and wrote the post above. No, they were all in fact socialists. You may not like it, and I do make a YUGE distinction between socialism and social democracy. For example Bernie is wrong, he is a social democrat and not a “democratic socialist”. Scandinavian countries are social democracies.
Having said that, I admit that there are other TYPES of socialism that are not acknowledged. Like Kibbutzes and the Public Stock Market. Socialism is just collective ownership of the means of production.
But when most people say socialism, they mean State Socialism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksgemeinschaft
Take Volkswagen for example: the people’s car. Isn’t it similar to China’s initiatives to build electric cars and buses, or to own the corporations?
The problem wasn’t the socialism but the nationalization of everything:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_People%27s_...
It's very easy to pointing fingers on others but self. Double standard is the weakest and most stupid culture characteristics from the West. No one will follow a leader like that.
The GP asserted that China wouldn't expand beyond its historical border, which was false. Not sure why you change the subject.
Also, if you feel the need to bring Indians and Mexicans to prove your point, Chinese dynasties invaded neighbor countries over many centuries, bringing hardship and brutality with them. That was how China came to be in the first place.
Taiwan is probably well prepared for any military invasion.