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Originally Posted by donquixote99
You raise an interesting point, and certainly one can imagine a non-totalitarian communist country. One can imagine non-totalitarian market so(c)ialism even more easily. But I think the biggest thing leading to totalitarian communist countries was the radical nature of the transition from private ownership to state ownership. This can hardly be accomplished except by a revolutionary government that has swept away all opposition and gathered all power to itself. And having total control, it never relinquishes it.
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One might imagine it....
One party rule has to be totalitarian to stay that way.
Another paradox, the communist plan says the communist government would eventually fade away as no government is needed.
Pete