1. Which Leninist states are more democratic than the US? Elites will always exist. What matters is how they gain power, can they lose it, and is access to the elite limited by birth etc, and not merit.
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
Cuba, Laos, USSR until Stalin, and many defunct states
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @KEEMSTAR and
Prior to Stalin is questionable, though Russia was recovering from WW1.
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
Again, I’m not saying it was a real democracy, but it had a slightly more valid claim to democratic rule than the U.S. government does now
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In that they were “popular” for the most part, while holding elections with a similar rate of disenfranchisement
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What we have isn't perfect and can be improved but, at least for now is better than anywhere else. How many people are smuggling themselves into North Korea or Venezuela?
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North Korea and Venezuela were third-world countries BEFORE they tried “socialism.” We don’t fully know how NK is being run, but Venezuela didn’t even come *close* to socialism, despite Chavez’ best efforts. He only got 20% of the way there.
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @simon_enefer and
Venezuela’s economic crash is due to a monolithic export economy, though, not socialist policy. Although the latter is a reason why they’ve attracted the ire of certain lenders and businesses.
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Norway has almost a trillion dollars in its North Sea oil sovereign fund. Why couldn't Venezuela do the same? Wasting money on arms it can't use or subsidizing oil sales to Cuba won't hasn't benefited its people. Their current President hasn't lost the 30lbs his citizens have.
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“Why couldn't Venezuela do the same?” Because they never had almost a trillion dollars in a North Sea oil sovereign fund? What do you mean? You realize that Norway is no less “socialist” than Venezuela, right? (And that most Venezuelans aren’t starving?)
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Norway has only 70% private employment, and some of that is in market-socialist cooperatives. Venezuela has 80% private employment, and no cooperative sector to speak of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperatives_of_Norway …https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/07/21/scandinavia-leads-the-world-in-public-sector-employment-infographic/#791a2d981820 …
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