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Stalin wasn't elected. Neither was Gorbachev.

• eucyclos 1y ago
  North Vietnam's leaders were. So was Iran's.
  • joemazerino 1y ago
    The notion of being "elected" when you have a gun pointed at you at the ballot casting is silly.
    • WalterBright 1y ago
      You always know the elections are shams when the communist candidate gets 95% of the vote.
  • victorbjorklund 1y ago
    technically North Korea has had elected leaders since the founding. They have elections in North Korea. Doesn’t make me convinced North Korea isn’t a communist dictatorship.