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I dont really know much about the Social conditions in Pre WW2 Russia  
or Pre 1970's China but I thought that the Russian population suffered  
severe hardships during that time. Wasn't pre 1970's China the time of  
the Cultural Revolution  where Millions of people died and  millions  
were injured? (Not an exaggeration, literally Millions of people were  
killed during the "great leap forward")
    Also you mention Women's rights and the abolishment of drug use :  
Western Nations are the leaders the field  of Women's Rights. The  
equality Women aspire to under Communist regimes are taken for granted  
in the West .
     Also Drug abuse : Whilst I do not advocate the taking of drugs, I  
also do not agree with the state oppressing people in order to stop  
them taking drugs. The Chinese way of stopping people taking drugs is  
to execute sellers and imprison takers for ten years in Siberia . The  
State should try to discourage the taking of drugs, but not violently  
force people to stop.
   The State should have relaxed drug laws . If people want to take  
them, then its their choice. No Authority should have the power to  
severely punish people for consuming drugs .


Quoting GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com>:


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>  Yes, tha t was true of the old "fake" communist countries (Russia,

> China, etc) that allowed priviledge, didn't have checks to prevent

> corruption, etc. In effect, they allowed capitalist aspects within

> their communist parties (allowing only a small group to get on top of

> everyone else). If you really look at those countires histories, the

> more socialist they were (before WWII in Russia and before 1970 in

> China) the better off the average person was relative to the elite. For

> example, in Russia they opened up all kinds of opportunities for women

> that had never existed, and in China, they literally wiped out many

> diseases and opium addiction. These are historical facts and can be

> looked up. It's also true that these countries moved FAR away from

> socialism/communistm, which you describe as why you are "opposed to the

> ideals of communism". What you are REALLY opposed to is communism's

> opposite, like it or not. Just because people fucked it up in the past

> doesn't mean it could "never work". It's like saying becuase the US was

> founded on the backs of slavery and Indian massacres, that democracy

> could never work.

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