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Haha, right. He just used the military to forcefully control society and owned the media so you could only hear the party message. The party or polit-bureau has absolute power and elects leaders from within. The people have nothing to do with the politics of the country, it is fully owned/controlled. It's animal farm man, all animals are equal, just some are more equal than others.

elects leaders from within? First hand accounts say that they won because party members were popular.

again I have many first hand accounts and even anti-communist historians agree you are wrong.

There weren't even real elections. Popular in what sense, you have 1 opinion allowed and that is all you're exposed to? Well shit if steemit were like that we couldn't even have this discussion.

each union of workers met and voted on who they thought should lead them after a series of debates and discussions, where anybody was allowed to talk and make a point. That is literally how democracy works