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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

By definition, socialism is a movement of, by, and for working people; distributing power democratically among the working class, and removing power from the wealthy and powerful. If a regime claims to be socialist while maintaining centralized, dictatorial power, then they have hijacked the movement to their own ends while coopting the language of it. Those regimes you mention were authoritarian because they failed to achieve socialism.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    If a regime claims to be socialist while maintaining centralized, dictatorial power, then they have hijacked the movement to their own ends

    Funny how that has happened every single time.

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