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>Why are you (someone who has lived in one system) trying to tell me (someone who has lived in 2 systems) that countries you never lived in are actually socially liberal paradises ?
I'm not. Where did I say anything of the sort? I said your Eastern European dictatorships ignored Leftist ideals when they conflicted with the desire of the rulers to hold onto power.
We can't ignore what Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky said just because Stalin came along and ignored the Leftist ideals that didn't suit him.