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[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Point me to one single socialist revolution that wasn't immediately attacked by capital. Just one. You can't.

[–] h3rmit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Name one single socialist revolution that didn't start as a violent dictatorship. You can't.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 minutes ago* (last edited 17 minutes ago)

The USSR, PRC, Vietnam, Laos, DPRK, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba, etc. all were massive expansions on democracy and working class control. Capitalists, landlords, fascists, monarchists, etc were (usually) violently oppressed, while the working classes were uplifted and society was democratized. From the point of view of the capitalists, they found themselves living in a violent dictatorship, for the working classes they found themselves finally escaping violent dictatorship.