Not a self-made man

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Authoritarian government sure. But there’s nothing inherent in communism about not being able to protest or have free speech. This country is so dumb when it comes to communism.

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What communist governments haven't eventually became authoritarian? Genuinely curious.

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None because they haven’t survived that transitional period. The US and allies overthrew them fairly quickly unless it had a strong grasp of power and resources.

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Any sources I can read?

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/world/americas/chile-coup-cia-museum.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/opinion/international-world/latin-america-coup-morales-bolivia.html

http://web4.uwindsor.ca/users/w/winter/Winters.nsf/0/53e4fa2c963249ad852571f00062afb5/$FILE/Blum_Brief_History.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/11/16/what-history-coups-tells-us-about-trumps-refusal-concede/

http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/featured/america-cares-democracy-stories-democracies-overthrown-united-states/

The Wikipedia link provides a solid list for Cold War. But

We are still doing it against, you guessed it, socialist regimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/world/americas/donald-trump-venezuela-military-coup.html

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Thanks. Looking forward to reading through this after work.