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Only when they are in South or Central America - however it seems that twice communist countries also attacked into other nations to overthrow other governments. Its actually more then three - but I will keep it simple for those who lack the historical facts of how many there actually are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tribesman
Neither ideological view has its hands clean now does it?
I just can't believe Pol Pot got 5 votes. ~:eek:
Expect more ~D
Seems old Fidel is winning...
Just going to mention who my 2nd and 3rd choices would be - Gorbachev, then Krushchev. For providing a moderating influence on the USSR.
Trotsky is one I wouldn't expect to be well respected - he would have been more active than Stalin in promoting the "World Revolution", not a good thing in my book. He'd have probably succeeded at least partway - can you imagine it now? If he'd been in charge, we'd could have had a hot war, rather than the cold - with nuclear weapons being used, either that or possibly Communist Europe...
I have a great deal of respect for the man's abilities, but I would not have liked him to have been able to use them fully.
The Cuban cigars have given Fidel Castro a better image than he deserves.....
Yes, I admit I voted for him due to the cigar....
Neither ideological view has its hands clean now does it?
Rabbit seemed to think so .
Exactly. Of course almost all "Communist" leaders are bad. So are a whole lot of capatlist ones.
That doesn't make Communism evil, any more than it makes capatlism evil.
Actually it shows that the communist ideolog is more dangerous then Capitialism in how it is implemented by humans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steppe Merc
If you’re going to have a communist state you must accept the totalitarianism that it must entail. This is no option. Hence the rogue’s gallery we see here.