• Neato@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Neither the USSR nor the CCP ever tried to be communist. They used that banner to gather supporters and then seized all control of the government in an authoritarian takeover. Communism doesn’t have “dear leaders” or usually even parties. Places like the USSR used their control over capital and wages and property ownership to control their populace entirely. We’ve never really seen an actual communist country because all the major efforts were sabotaged by people who wanted to be dictators.

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      1 year ago

      Someone knows their political philosophy😉. This is correct and well said.

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      1 year ago

      Despite the tankie dislikes you are 100% right and idk about Communism but I definitely believe in democratic socialism!