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Re:The Japanese Communist Party’s New Kawaii Mascots (2013) by Sawbones on Saturday January 03, 2015 @01:37PM (#8831549)
That's not the work of Communism, that's the work of a mad dictator using his power to change his government into an authoritarian sovereignty.

If it was actually communism, he would have never had that kind of power.

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Re:The Japanese Communist Party’s New Kawaii Mascots (2013) by lotsofmangos on Saturday January 03, 2015 @02:07PM (#8831647)
If I was going to be nitpicky, it was not actually communism, but it was partly the work of some aspects of communist theory, as the idea of state communism was that you had to go through this immense struggle and remake society before you got to the nice fluffy city on the hill.

However the folk who rose to the top realised that if they wanted to stay on top, they had to keep the struggle bit going indefinitely.

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Re:The Japanese Communist Party’s New Kawaii Mascots (2013) by digi_owl on Saturday January 03, 2015 @03:40PM (#8831914)
Never mind that the nation was a bad starting point from the outset...
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