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Why would people join a bloc party?
In the former Soviet Union satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe, apart from the ruling Communist Party, there were bloc parties, to give a façade of democracy. I can understand the interest ...
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Did Karl Marx openly advocate violence? (or oppose it?)
Whether Marxism is inherently violent is often a point of contention. The supporters of Marxism often claim that the violence of the Communist regimes of the XX-th century was of their own making, and ...
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Correlation between capitalism/democracy and communism/dictatorship?
Some people often equate capitalism with democracy and communism with dictatorship, is this necessarily true?
What are good examples and counter-examples of these associations?
Should kingdoms etc. ...
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