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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

"Totalitarianism" as a term was largely popularized in order to depict Communism and Nazism as "twin evils," when the reality is that Socialist countries have had dramatic democratization of the economy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

@Cowbee @memes might be true, but by definition (A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control) my comment is correct

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

No, it isn't. The Soviet system dramatically expanded worker control over Tsarism and Capitalism.