[HN Gopher] The Western idea of a dictator within the Communist ...
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       The Western idea of a dictator within the Communist setup is
       exaggerated [pdf]
        
       Author : droptablemain
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2021-09-19 19:48 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cia.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cia.gov)
        
       | sudosysgen wrote:
       | Note : this is about the PRC under Mao and the USSR under Stalin.
       | Arguably Mao's China was more of a dictatorship that Stalin's
       | USSR.
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       | You also shouldn't take this report too literally, some
       | predictions such as the food situation not improving didn't
       | actually come to pass. So take it with a grain of salt.
        
       | mistralefob wrote:
       | Nice. I was always thinking that western idea about dictators is
       | stupid. People are the same around the globe. Only difference is
       | amount of resources available at given point on earth.
        
         | sudosysgen wrote:
         | While in general dictators aren't as definitive as it seems,
         | communist system this report is talking about is quite
         | different, historically many dictators had much more unilateral
         | power and were much less reliant on their peers for support
         | 
         | That is evidenced by the fact that the USSR had many, many more
         | peaceful transfers of power than any dictatorship I can think
         | of, and military/security service coups were always very
         | unsuccessful. Ultimately this all comes from decentralization
         | of power.
        
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