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Originally Posted by lostalex
Well it may not be inherent, but i don't think you can give me an example of a successful communist regime that wasn't totalitarian, can you?
Can you name any successful communist regime that wasn't totalitarian, that actually had democracy and freedom at it's core? I can't think of any.
The whole point of communism is that the government tells you how to live your life, for the greater good of the country. You don't get to choose how you live, or what you study, or how many children you have, or who your leaders are, Communism in every practical sense, is totalitarian.
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In the very early days after the Russian Revolution, that was probably the closest that somewhere has come to resembling proper Socialism, and in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War although that is more an example of Anarchism
The ultimate goal of Communism is to have a stateless and classless society, but the fact there is a lot of conflict among Communists as to how to get there, some would hold more of authoritarian stance following the likes of Lenin and Stalin but most support bottom up workers democracy and control of the economy.
But anyway we're getting
way off topic here