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But "socialism" is a scary word (slrpnk.net)
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Plenty of democratic mechanisms in the USSR, at any rate much better than anything else we’ve had so far.

Fucking lmao

For a dictatorship, it dissolved itself quite peacefully didn’t it?

I'm sure you'd say the same about Pinochet, wouldn't you? :)

Sadly, attempts at socialism in which workers didn’t take the power of the state, ended up like Salvador Allende in Chile,

Yes, if only Allende was a dictator, THEN he wouldn't have trusted Pinochet. That was what planted that seed of trust in Allende's heart - not being a dictator.

like Mosaddegh in Iran,

Ah, yes, when Social Democrats are overthrown by Western powers, they're good comrades; any other time, they're social fascists.

like the Spanish Second Republic

The same Spanish Second Republic which was backstabbed and destroyed by Soviet-bootlicking MLs?