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The premise and answer to your question depends on what you mean by "communist".
by DubiousPusher 7y ago
The premise and answer to your question depends on what you mean by "communist".
- DubiousPusher 7y agoI have no idea why this would be downvoted. The question at hand is one of the most contentious and important in the history of the 20th century and the answer largely redounds to what you do and don't consider communism. If you consider any wealth redistribution communism then you would have to consider most or all industrial states in part communist and the premise of the question itself becomes dubious. If you consider any kind of far left redistributive movement communist then again the merit of the question is dubious because there have been many such movements that remained peaceful. If you restrict the definition to only actors that call themselves communist even then the question is complicated by the fact that there have been many such actors that call themselves communist yet do not adhere to any communist doctrine. Just as there are many "Republics" which are not at all republics in reality.