one reason for the USSR to be authoritarian is that it most likely nothing else was possible. The vast majority of the country was illeterate

In every socialist dicatorship the marxist elite never give up their power

I don't think there is a good arguent for authoritarianism if a revolution were to happen in europe today

scandi -> lessen the power of the elites -> automation -> forever happy

I think a socialist/communist revolution is unnecessary

we must remind outselves that scandi-type social democracy is not socialism

and the transition will have to happen

But that's the inner social democrat talking

maybe you can argue that it is possible to avoid violent revolution, but the vast majority of socialism and history disagrees

It certainly isn't socialisic, perhaps that's the reason it works ;d

it very much is the reason it works today

socialism has no chance of surviving in a sea of capitalist countries

Well, USSR was dismantled because it was not authoritarian and/or communist anymore. So it can

>So it can
Can what?

survive?

can go from authoriatarianism to democracyt

I thin

@Deleted User change

@Deleted User change

In fact it always did change

You mean that USSR became less dictatorial that's why it collapsed?

@Deleted User both less authoritarian and less communist.

Ok but it is very frustrating to hear that, in what possible scenario does that work

In every scenario there is change.

sure

for better or worse, history is changing

regimes change

So is ideology

I wish

Everything change

Sure

But

What does that support

That doesn't mean everything is possible

You doubt something can change

I oppose it

Nope

You said that change exists

I agree

>I genuinely believe that it virtually can't go past authoritarianism

The specific system yeah