>That's quite normal in western democracies. Well, there are a lot of things one can say about these countries, but we're talking about the Soviets here. The W

>That's quite normal in western democracies. Well, there are a lot of things one can say about these countries, but we're talking about the Soviets here. The Western flaws don't excuse the 'idealistic' Soviets. >In my eyes, a state based on soviet sovereignty, even with a strong executive in emergency situations, would be a very democratic state. A pity the Communists never ever tried to implement soviet sovereignty. >That's what the Bolsheviks said they wanted to deliver, and I don't see why we shouldn't believe them. Their very consistent actual record?