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→Number of Vietnamese Who Supported Communism: very few, as far as we in the West can tell
I've read several times that two thirds of the Vietnamese population (both north and south) supported the communist government, and that there were meant to be elections but these were refused. Does anyone else know anything about that, and should it be included in the article?
I've read several times that two thirds of the Vietnamese population (both north and south) supported the communist government, and that there were meant to be elections but these were refused. Does anyone else know anything about that, and should it be included in the article?
:I personally met the author of ''[[Le Gulag Vietnamien]]'' (The Vietnamese Gulag), when he first immigrated to the US and was looking for a translator and a publisher. "Support" of a totalitarian regime is enforced by draconian government measures (to say the least).
:When has any Communist dictatorship held a plebiscite on whether Communism should continue (or be replaced by democracy)? The only dictator I know of, who voluntarily stepped down after a successful coup, is [[Augusto Pinochet]]. (Leftists hate to mention this, preferring to smear him with accusations of mass murder while whitewashing [[Che Guevara]], [[Ho Chi Minh]], and so on. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 07:25, 3 January 2009 (EST)