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Old 03-29-2017, 07:18 AM   #3540 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elphenor View Post
USSR was a socialist state same with Cuba
Communism is not a type of gov but socialism is the form of gov influenced by Marxism/Communism (which doesn't believe in nations at all)
^ To judge from this wiki quote below, I'm using words like "communist country" in a way that is generally accepted in the West. You are using the word "socialist" the way the countries in question prefer to describe themselves, right?

Spoiler for for political-terminology nerds only:
A communist state is a state that is usually administered and governed by a single party representing the proletariat, guided by Marxist–Leninist philosophy, with the aim of achieving communism. There have been several instances of Communist states with functioning political participation processes involving several other non-Party organisations, such as trade unions, factory committees, and direct democratic participation.[1][2][3][4][5] The term "Communist state" is used by Western historians, political scientists and media to refer to these countries. However, contrary to Western usage, these states do not describe themselves as "communist" nor do they claim to have achieved communism; they refer to themselves as Socialist states or Workers' states that are in the process of constructing socialism



On Trump policies: my impression is that many people in the Trump camp mistook slogans for policies and are now rather alarmed by the distance they have to cover to convert the former to the latter.
For example: "Build a Wall. The Mexicans will pay" is a hollow, unsupported slogan of tweetable length, the kind of statement Trump is best at. I don't think it deserves the name "policy" unless he can detail out precisely how it's going to be achieved.
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