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		Qwertious 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Archers Didn't Volley Fire >It'd be very silly to favor something that doesn't work, and any attempts to do so probably wouldn't last long. What are your political beliefs? Because this argument applies equally well to cavalry as it does to communism. Would you seriously claim that all stupid political beliefs are new?

sokoloff 5 months ago | [–]

Communism has worked pretty well for the leaders of those states. For the people, not so much.

matkoniecz 5 months ago | [–]

I just want to note that communism has quite poor record of surviving.

Unless you take People's Republic of China about them being communist rather than capitalist at face value.

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