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A comment on Marxism vs. Liberalism: An Interview Between J.V. Stalin and H.G. Wells (1934). Parent comment

Re:Marxism vs. Liberalism: An Interview Between J.V. Stalin ... by yucky on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:52AM (#30417205)
This is not accurate. Cubans could not vote out the Communist Party since it is enshrined in the Cuban constitution that there is only one party, the Communist Party, and all other political parties are classed as "illegal".

"Cuba is a one-party state, with the Communist Party of Cuba being described as the "superior driving force of the society and the state" in the Constitution of Cuba, and all other political parties are illegal. Elections in Cuba are not democratic because the government does not allow free and fair voting." ~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Cuba

So how would that work?

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Re:Marxism vs. Liberalism: An Interview Between J.V. Stalin ... by nopenopenopeno on Monday February 21, 2022 @05:42PM (#30421693)
“Free and fair voting” is an extremely subjective phrase. In many liberal democracies, this just means “the rich get their way.”
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Re:Marxism vs. Liberalism: An Interview Between J.V. Stalin ... by yucky on Monday February 21, 2022 @08:20PM (#30422989)
Call it what you want, how do you defeat the communist party in elections if it is enshrined in the Cuban constitution that there can only be one legal party, and that party is the communist party?

How does that jibe with democracy and free elections?

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