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Old September 1st, 2017, 03:35 PM   #6
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Communism. Good or bad. What do you really know about Communism?
It's a very complicated question. I'm a lifelong communist, and think communism contains some deathless ideals. But it depends who leads and how it's practiced -- there are many different flavors. All have up- and downsides

I had a good life in USSR and DDR. If I had worked in the same position in the West, I would have been better rewarded, materially at any rate. On the other hand, homelessness and poverty were almost unknown in the East, same with unemployment. They were unconstitutional, actually. Guarantees you would never see in the West

But as I said, it is a very complicated question
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