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minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-211 hours agoNo, the soviet union was democtatic. The soviet union had a more comprehensive and complex system of democracy than liberal democracy.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day ago It was even dissolved through a vote Illegally though, most of citizens voted against in a referendum that was just ignored.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoYep, that’s also true. My point was more along the lines of Michael Parenti’s, where the so-called totalitarian USSR never seemed to need blood to overturn it. Can definitely see how it would be counter-productive to use it as a point, though.
No, the soviet union was democtatic. The soviet union had a more comprehensive and complex system of democracy than liberal democracy.
Illegally though, most of citizens voted against in a referendum that was just ignored.
Yep, that’s also true. My point was more along the lines of Michael Parenti’s, where the so-called totalitarian USSR never seemed to need blood to overturn it. Can definitely see how it would be counter-productive to use it as a point, though.