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Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Communism in theory vs in practice

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Communism in theory vs in practice

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Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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    @AeonFelis @vga @memes both are a version of totalitarianism

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      “Totalitarianism” as a term was largely popularized in order to depict Communism and Nazism as “twin evils,” when the reality is that Socialist countries have had dramatic democratization of the economy.

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        @Cowbee @memes might be true, but by definition (A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control) my comment is correct

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          No, it isn’t. The Soviet system dramatically expanded worker control over Tsarism and Capitalism.

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