Olga Benário Prestes was a German-Brazillian communist revolutionary. Her story is very tragic but one of the most important in Brazillian communism militancy.

As someone not from the Imperial core, I can relate to my brazillian culture. I love our songs, partying such as festa junina, our food such as brigadeiro, etc… Though I recognize that our culture is mainly due to the African influence along with some from European and Indigenous.

I think regaining culture is a must for socialist revolutions. In the case from the USA for example, I really like Jazz and country music.

I think it’s a good idea, a good example in capitalist countries would be the Movimento Sem Terra (MST or Movement Without Land) of my country, Brazil. Though in Socialism, that should not be necessary, as the state would redistribute the land according to the needs of the population.

That’s fascinating lol, is that his name since he was born or did he change it?

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It’s complicated but here is my take on it: (it might be wrong though, comrades, feel free to correct me!)

China IS socialist, but it’s still in transition between full socialism (where the modes of production are 100% controlled by the proletariat, but still not a utopia.) and capitalism. Reason being the Deng reforms, which allowed the economy to progress much faster with the influx of foreign capital. Capitalists found in China a way to make cheaper products and the Chinese a way to quickly develop the country (after the Japanese Invasion and the Civil War, which destroyed the country.) You could compare the Deng reforms with the NEP from Lenin.

The Chinese government controls 24 of the 25 biggest companies, 60% of the companies are state-owned (and state-owned companies are mandated by law to have democratic votes from the workers on how the company should act. Which is a way of letting the proletariat control the means of production). China has also announced the goal to socialize all the companies until 2050.

As other comrades have pointed, billionaires are kept on tight bounds, go out of them, and you will be held accountable. How many billionaires you have seen being accountable on America? Though I do think billionaires existing is a problem that should be corrected (and, that IS being corrected!)

I also would like to point that the Chinese government has used many Socialist characteristics, like the 5-year planning and protecting extreme important industries and not allowing them to be privatized.

TLDR: Billionaires existing is a side effect of the Deng reforms, much significant to the quick development of China, but that does not mean China is not full socialist yet, but just a transitory state to full socialism.