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[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The USSR, PRC, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, etc are more democratic than theie previous systems.

Communism still works, just because the Soviet Union isn't here doesn't mean everything is a failure.

Competition forces centralization and monopolies over time due to increasinly complex production practices that raise the barrier to entry. It's unavoidable.

Pol Pot denounced Marxism and focused on an odd agrarian system, and was backed by the CIA.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You made a lot of claims here. Do you have any sources to provide support?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Soviet Democracy

Here's a well-sourced post on China's democracy, but really, read their constitution and government structure if you want more.

Cuba was under a fascist slaver before Socialism, and now has a democracy.

The PRC is Socialist, and has one of the largest and most rapidly growing economies in the world, I don't think you need a source for this.

As for competition and centralization, where do you think the megacorps came from? We are more centralized now than ever before.

Pol Pot and the CIA, alternatively Blowback lists their sources and they went over it in Season 5.