• John
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    04 days ago

    No, it gets destroyed by a CIA-funded coup every time. (Read Jakarta Method)

    But look at Vietnam, Laos, Cuba, Kerala, China, Burkino Faso for modern attempts at Socialism/Communism

    • @Paddy66@lemmy.ml
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      04 days ago

      They’re all ‘one-party states’ aren’t they?

      Opposite of democracy… so whether they work well economically is irrelevant, since you’re relying on the party not to become totalitarian. 😬

      • John
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        04 days ago

        The USA has one party: the capitalist party. They do not represent you, they represent corporate interests. Your vote doesn’t even really matter because of the electoral college, and other racist relics such as the Senate, giving ridiculous power to to just a handful of “swing voters”.

        Voting once every 4 years for either the capitalist war monger or the other capitalist war monger, while they both ban 3rd party candidates from the ballot, does not make the USA “democratic”.

      • Cowbee [he/they]
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        04 days ago

        Having one party doesn’t mean you aren’t democratic. Democracy is about fulfilling the needs of the people based on their input, ie it’s more important that the people be able to impact policy than party. In the US, you can change parties, but not the policy, in countries like the PRC, you can change the policy, but not the party.