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Line 74: − ==Apologists of communism== − Apologists for communism like to say that the atrocities of communism were not really because of communism. − They say that Communist ideals were internally contradicted, so no government ever met the official definition of "communist". − Many states have, however, proclaimed themselves as communist.
→Apologists of communism: Removed this section wholesale; there's a major logical fallacy here: proclaiming your country communist doesn't make it so any more than declaring yourself capitalist
{{Cquote|What I am describing now is a plan and hope for the long term -- the march of freedom and democracy which will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people.<ref>President Ronald Reagan [http://www.iri.org/history_ReaganSpeech.asp Speech to the British Parliament], June 8, 1982. Retrieved from International Republican Institute 05/24/07. </ref>}}
{{Cquote|What I am describing now is a plan and hope for the long term -- the march of freedom and democracy which will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people.<ref>President Ronald Reagan [http://www.iri.org/history_ReaganSpeech.asp Speech to the British Parliament], June 8, 1982. Retrieved from International Republican Institute 05/24/07. </ref>}}
==Notable communists==
==Notable communists==