The Democratic People's Republic of Tankiejerk

It kinda doesn't matter what you call China, mixed economies outperform market economies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEyUtYBz0v8

don't be a coward and say what counties are you referring to

Sure why engage with the actual reasons that leftists express for (varying levels of critical) support for any given country when you can ignore all that and dunk on this vague and convenient strawman.

I’d still rather have a state that pretends to be socialist than one that upholds capitalism - an ideology that seeks to place everything and everyone under the domination of a few elites.

See thats one take but is "US Imperialism" not just codeword for NATO?

Whataboutism is awesome for the empire. Incidents that happened 40-90 years ago can be equivocated with current empire abuses, and rulers protecting their nations from Empire's "democracy" manipulations meant to destroy those nations can be demonized as less perfect than the utopia of western democracy illusions.

Liberalist freedom or constructive anarchy is only a possibility if US empire is not intent on destroying you.