Chinese government tells people what they can watch on TV

[Taem]

In a complete communist society everything is done for the sake of itself, and not as a means to an end. Individuals being greedy by nature is very debatable, and certainly not fact. Self interest, yes (meaning their natural will to survival), but there is a pretty clear distinction between this and greed.

Wait, I've seen this! Oh yes, Star Trek TNG! But there it's called The Federation. I think in the original Star Trek episodes with William Shatner, they still refer to The Federation as a Democratic utopia however.

You also forget that humans have an altruistic nature

Total disagreement here. You never saw my post and conversation with Pete on Altruism? Actually, it was on Comedy. If you read The Price of Altruism, you will come to realize that all we as humans do is for our own survival and nothing more. We desire to help others because it makes us feel good inside, but if we felt nothing, such as giving money to the rich, we would not get that "good" feeling inside. So the reason we give or do anything altruistic is purely selfish. There is no true altruism!

I don't see what this whole law has to do with communism though. China is more capitalist than we are, but this law has nothing to do with capitalism either. Economic systems are not relevant here. This law is very undemocratic, and as a strong advocate of democracy, I oppose it.

I believe their system of government is considered Communism with hints of Socialism, but in the true "spirit" of Communism, I would agree with you:

In the modern lexicon of what many sociologists and political commentators refer to as the "political mainstream", communism is often used to refer to the policies of states run by communist parties, regardless of the practical content of the actual economic system they may preside over. Examples of this include the policies of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam where the economic system incorporates "doi moi", the People's Republic of China (PRC, or simply "China") where the economic system incorporates "socialist market economy", and the economic system of the Soviet Union which was described as "state capitalist" by non-Leninist socialists and later by communists who increasingly opposed the post-Stalin era Soviet model as it progressed over the course of the 20th century (e.g. Maoists, Trotskyists and libertarian communists)—and even at one point by Vladimir Lenin himself.

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