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The Nation, oldest progressive newspaper in the US, doesn't pull any punches (www.thenation.com)

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[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're not wrong, the soviet Union has become the scapegoat of how communism doesn't work, but I think that they missed the part that it was the authoritarian regime that gave it the bad name

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yes, authoritarian regimes are the problem, and there's no system that's really immune from potentially becoming one. It's terrifying.