What is "socialism"? - An attempt to clear up myths/misconceptions

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Matsku said:

Leadified said:

Sure,the anarchists in Catalonia were running their democratic experiment during the Spanish Civil War. The Soviet Union got it's name from the elected soviets that only lasted a short while before the Supreme Soviet continued to centralize power. Practically every socialist regime has attempted at least in the beginning some form of democracy.

Did those systems fail? Yes but that is irrelevant. Capitalism started off in the absolute monarchies of Europe and it took hundreds of years before capitalism in a representative democracy became the norm and even longer until citizens had universal rights.

Maybe a have to refraise my comment name a socialist country that was a democracy for a longer period of time and had better human rights than for example the Nordic countries.

I don't quite understand the purpose of these leading questions because successful revolutions so far have only happened in developing countries.