[TalnSG]

Despite the offical allegiance to the communist ideal, China is not, and never has been a classless society. Mao collapsed the multitude of levels down to thre or four (depending on your viewpoint) and replaced the criteria for distinguishing one class from another, but class divisions were always present and still are. A peasant farmer is not the same class as a government worker, and neither are peers to the military commanders. There are even serious legal differences between those who reside in rural and urban areas.

Communism is a principle, a theory. And theories often do not hold up when put into practice. The theory of everyone being treated equally and working only for the common good is a worthy ideal, but far from a viable construct for human society with its infinite variables.