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11. Why are Communist countries all one-party dictatorships?

WHAT IS POLITICS?

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The History of Socialism and Communism

The idea that all communist revolutions were primarily a means to industrialize poor countries was first articulated in The New Class by Milavan Gilaas. Like all political terms, the words socialism and communism are words that most people use without really knowing what they mean. Wealthy people have defined these words in ways that manipulate us into hating certain things that we might otherwise love.

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