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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33433760

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_the_Soviet_Union

99.4% of WORKERS agree that Soviet Democracy is the freest in the world!

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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

When a blank ballot is counted as being in support for the pre-selected candidate, that's when you know it's a True Democracy

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

All the good workers agree! (the bad workers go to GULAG)

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I love how they have such high standards and sophisticated critiques of western democracy (which of course I agree with) but then somehow this is what real democracy looks like lol. If you try to strike for better working conditions or higher pay you get murdered. Democracy!

In my personal opinion, the US is closer to socialism than any of these countries they lionize. And that’s a low bar.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

In my personal opinion, the US is closer to socialism than any of these countries they lionize. And that’s a low bar.

I want to disagree on pure principle, but...