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Re:Why Russians Are Not Smiling (2011) by pyre on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @12:23AM (#6759443)
My point is that if you try to create a socialist country, but end up with a dictatorship, then you have a dictatorship, not a socialist government. Let's call things by their real names instead of trying to associate secret police and paranoia with the terms "Socialism" and "Communism."
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Re:Why Russians Are Not Smiling (2011) by pandaman on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @01:06AM (#6759559)
Dictatorship is a form of government[1]. Socialism is an economic system[2]. One does not exclude another. The history shows, though, they come together alarmingly often.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship

[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

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