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Afaik this happened with every single instance of a communist country. Communism seems like a pretty good idea on the surface, but then why does it always become autocratic?

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[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

They had no communist intentions to begin with. The benefits of communism are just an easy way to market any nefarious movement with anticommunist intentions

The core principles of communism are basically an antithesis of these authoritarians/totalitarians/autocratics/oligarchs (how ever you want to describe them). Such a shift isn't accidental

[–] iii@mander.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They had no communist intentions to begin with.

All (>30 countries) of them (1)?

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee -1 points 3 weeks ago

Which ones aligned with the principles?