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Who is REALLY More Socialist: The US or China (2026)?
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- Apr 20, 2026
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Summary
Having been given the impression as young Americans that China was “socialist,” providing abundant services and safety nets for its citizens, while the US was “capitalist,” leaving its citizens to fend for themselves, we were in for a surprise when we discovered that, relatively speaking, the United States is a socialist utopia. Today on Based Camp, we explore the United States’ (admittedly unsustainable) socialist utopia Americans enjoy and the (put diplomatically) bare bones support provided to citizens—especially rural citizens—by the CCP. If you’re a parent in the US looking to avail themselves of more of the United States generous services oriented around families, please refer to Pronatalist.org ’s summaries of and links to State resources for parents . Show Notes I grew up thinking the USA was a land of pure capitalism, where people are on the hook for everything. Turns out that’s only the case if you’re middle class. If you’re poor in the USA, you’re arguably living in the best communist world imaginable, because you’re enjoying socialist-style support (for food, childcare, healthcare, etc.) but getting capitalism-style goods and services (e.g. going to the same private hospitals that rich people go to; going to the same grocery stores that rich people go to, etc.) Case in point: State resources for parents (We created detailed guides for Pronatalist.org ) * See Minnesota as an example If “communism” means “this country has a significant social safety net”, then the USA is more communist than China. Even China has disparities in its benefits: urban formal workers receive significantly better protection than migrants and rural residents. Old-Age Income * USA: Social security * Going to stop working * Based on what you contribute as a worker… sort of * For a typi…