Reply #3: Yes, it was the SOS.

[Igel]

The problem with communism is that it requires the consent of almost all the governed--you can't impose communism on people. The only way a communal system's survived is when those participating all believed in its ideals--whether a temporary set-up until the true believers start to die off or if it came with a way for dissenters to leave and new participants sign up.

It's easier to impose democracy--that just requires that most people agree to it, and the remaining folk don't go around killing the others. Installing a *liberal* democracy is harder.

The raskulachivanie (dekulakization?) was a great example of class-hatred, as though we needed more examples. I catch whiffs of that kind of attitude around here from time to time. Dictatorship is dictatorship, whether of the proletariat or otherwise.