A hiker posted a video showing the water flow of the fall was coming from a pipe built into the rock face.
  • Hiker finds pipe feeding China’s tallest waterfall, sparking social media controversy and investigation by local government officials.
  • Yuntai tourism park operators admit to using a pipe to enhance waterfall flow during dry season to maintain visitor satisfaction.
  • Social media users express mixed reactions, with some understanding the situation while others criticize the artificial enhancement of natural landscapes.
  • @agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13•7 months ago

    None of which any state which has nominally aspired toward Communism has achieved. There have been no Communist states. There have been states which have claimed, perhaps earnestly, that they are trying to transition to Communism. There can be no Communist state, it’s a contradiction of terms.

    • @Murvel@lemm.eeEnglish
      -10•7 months ago

      Some incredible fucking insight, especially as it goes against probably all historical literature we have on the subject.

      And what’s is your source for all of this?

          • @agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            9•7 months ago

            With about as much value as 10 seconds of research would imply. I clicked on one link there to find:

            As a term, communist state is used by Western historians, political scientists, and media to refer to these countries. However, these states do not describe themselves as communist nor do they claim to have achieved communism

            • @Murvel@lemm.eeEnglish
              -5•7 months ago

              As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, it was a flagship communist state.

              In the summary of the article. 5 seconds this time. Still as waste of time if you can believe it.

                  • @agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    2•7 months ago

                    Clearly not, I’ll repeat the excerpt from your source

                    As a term, communist state is used by Western historians, political scientists, and media to refer to these countries. However, these states do not describe themselves as communist nor do they claim to have achieved communism

                    Wikipedia called the USSR a “flagship communist state”, Wikipedia also explicitly said that even though some in the west use the term “communist state”, that those states are not in fact communist. So obviously you cannot hold two related facts in your head simultaneously.