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Why would socialism do this? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even the DDR wasn't doing socialism. The public had to be all-in the idea, or they were discredited or arrested. It was an authoritarian autocracy acting in the name of socialism.