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| | ::::Technically, you are in fact wrong. The Republic of Cuba is <s>ruled</s> governed by the Communist Party of Cuba; also, as any fule no, within the communist "naming system", for want of a better word (it's late here) "Communist state" is never used to name a state: a state, in their ideology, is either in a "capitalist" or "socialist" state, not a "communist state", which is by their definition a contradiction in terms. [[Image:User Fox.png|10px]] [[User:Fox|Fox]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 20:03, 7 January 2008 (EST) | | ::::Technically, you are in fact wrong. The Republic of Cuba is <s>ruled</s> governed by the Communist Party of Cuba; also, as any fule no, within the communist "naming system", for want of a better word (it's late here) "Communist state" is never used to name a state: a state, in their ideology, is either in a "capitalist" or "socialist" state, not a "communist state", which is by their definition a contradiction in terms. [[Image:User Fox.png|10px]] [[User:Fox|Fox]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 20:03, 7 January 2008 (EST) |
| | :::::soooo, didn't you just prove my point?--[[User:Iconoclastbeggar|Iconoclastbeggar]] 20:42, 29 January 2008 (EST) | | :::::soooo, didn't you just prove my point?--[[User:Iconoclastbeggar|Iconoclastbeggar]] 20:42, 29 January 2008 (EST) |
| − | ::::::There have been many countries that have declared themselves communist but I think none of them are actually communist; they're dictatorships that use communism as an excuse to do whatever they want. You might notice that communist countries are easily controlled by the government than non-communist ones, so communist is the perfect excuse for dictators. In South America, we see the opposite. Having been told by the U.S. of the evils of communism, South American dictators use Anti-communism as an excuse to hold power. They accuse any opposing pary | + | ::::::There have been many countries that have declared themselves communist but I think none of them are actually communist; they're dictatorships that use communism as an excuse to do whatever they want. You might notice that communist countries are easily controlled by the government than non-communist ones, so communist is the perfect excuse for dictators. In South America, we see the opposite. Having been told by the U.S. of the evils of communism, South American dictators use Anti-communism as an excuse to hold power. They accuse any opposing party of being communist and then they jail them. -Sundance |
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| − | -Sundance | + | Sundance that last sentence is quite dated; now it is fashionable to claim to be "socialist," that allows "nationalization" and looting of private industry, e.g. Hugo Chavez, and Evo Morales. El Jigue 6-10-08 |
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| | Thank you for your kind welcome. Will pay attention to rules but I am somewhat clumsy and often need to correct myself. El Jigue 6-7-08 | | Thank you for your kind welcome. Will pay attention to rules but I am somewhat clumsy and often need to correct myself. El Jigue 6-7-08 |
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| | :People often claim Castro is dead when he's not. Conservapedia is not a rumor mill - we will report his death when it is actually documented. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 03:50, 10 June 2008 (EDT) | | :People often claim Castro is dead when he's not. Conservapedia is not a rumor mill - we will report his death when it is actually documented. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 03:50, 10 June 2008 (EDT) |