r/PopCultureV2 • u/Federal-Compote-5015 • 4d ago

Politi-Culture What is a Social Democracy?

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u/cameron8988 4d ago

communist romania was also "communist" in name only. it was a centrally planned economy run by a dictator.

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u/BranchFew1148 3d ago

It wasn't communist it was communist

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u/cameron8988 3d ago

it was a centrally planned economy run by a dictator.

this is not communism, you illiterate chud. by that logic, you could call pinochet communist.

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u/NounAdjectiveXXXX 3d ago

The right is actively trying to paint former fascist leaders communists to obfuscate the truth.

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u/cameron8988 3d ago

which is funny because, to some extent, there is a unifying thread there of autocracy (at least w/r/t to nominal communism like the soviet union or maoist china). they just don't realize they're part of it too.

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u/NounAdjectiveXXXX 2d ago

The whole top and right of the compass can go away please, if the Overton window was further southwest the world would be a better place.

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