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Re:Socialism, American-Style by t0rb3n on Friday July 24, 2015 @11:06AM (#9942467)
The GDR was socialist and arguably a tyranny.

Edit: As was The Third Reich.

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Re:Socialism, American-Style by unprepare on Friday July 24, 2015 @11:33AM (#9942664)
From what little I know about East germany and post-WW2 soviet history - wasn't GDR controlled by the communist state of soviet russia?

Was it socialistic in name only, or actually socialistic in structure and policy?

Was Nazi germany not a dictatorship? How is that compatible with socialism at all?

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Re:Socialism, American-Style by dghf on Monday July 27, 2015 @07:59AM (#9954624)
If National Socialism was socialist because it had "socialism" in its name, then the GDR was democratic for the same reason.
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