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It would be interesting to know the fraction of totalitarian governments that are socialist or communist. You could probably compile something based off [1] cro
by asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
It would be interesting to know the fraction of totalitarian governments that are socialist or communist. You could probably compile something based off [1] cross referenced with governance style. It is not clear to me that socialism is over-represented in the authoritarian set compared to the non-authoritarian states, but I haven't gone through the list rigorously.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index
- tkel 8y agolmfao, the democracy index is such a fucking joke. Developed by capitalists in the UK, It is so incredibly biased in favor of global neoliberal capitalism. Notice how nearly everywhere that isn't considered the "West" culturally is considered "not democracy". Nearly all of Africa, "not democracy". It's just a sad excuse to reinforce existing biases about the rest of the world. Biases which were many times orchestrated by politicians and corporations for their own benefit. Ultimately this index is just a tool for the ruling class to use to reinforce their global hegemony. Democracy is the empty excuse that global powers have used to exert their political and economic will for centuries. See Vietnam, Iraq, and now Venezuela.
- jeffdavis 8y agoI think we should consider the despots that use the socialist label, rather than try to figure out who is actually socialist or not.