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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

That stands in direct contrast to the actual structure of the USSR, and a misunderstanding of Democratic Centralism. The Soviets were the organizational organ of the USSR, as shown here:

Secondly, being a single party does not mean democratization lowers. Parlimentarianism obscures the material impact of a Worker's voice. A single party system can be bad, such as in Nazi Germany, where there was little to no actual democracy. A single party system can be good, such as in the USSR.

As per your previous statement that "most of us want bottom-up revolutions," that's correct, but "most of us" do not agree that the October Revolution was a "top-down" revolution.

I recommend reading the following texts, if you have not done so already:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fair enough, carry on sir.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Makes joke about Stalin

Dies of exposure in Gulag in Siberia

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gulag in Siberia

Except during the years of World War 2, the Gulags had a better quality of life and lower risk of mortality than contemporary prisons in many much wealthier and more developed countries. Despite the enduring cultural legacy of the fiction novel Gulag Archipelago, the truth of the matter is that after the revolution the Communists reformed the Tsarist work camps into what were at the time the most progressive rehabilitation regimes in the world.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago