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Re:US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014) by neeleshs on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:36PM (#18877831)
Is there any country in the past or present, that has implemented communism with any degree of comparable prosperity and individual freedom as democracies?
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Re:US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014) by andrepd on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:43PM (#18877920)
No country in history has implemented communism in the strict sense of the word.

As for the success of socialist principles of economic management (i.e. common ownership of property/means of production), it varies (there's Norway, and there's Venezuela), much like the success of capitalist economies varies.

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Re:US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014) by kareemsabri on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:46PM (#18877969)
Of course not. Oppression is baked into the system. It's by design. Marx explicitly describes it as necessary for abolishing the capitalist state and suppressing those who would undermine by attempting to engage in individual market activities.
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Re:US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014) by 21 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:39PM (#18877873)
No country has had proper communism. So there is no compassion to be made.
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Re:US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014) by nurettin on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:47PM (#18877975)
No country has had true scotsmen, either.
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Re:US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014) by hnbroseph on Thursday January 10, 2019 @04:22PM (#18878338)
Every country has had communism that I say has had communism.
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