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		nickpp on Nov 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook users in Romania see content related to s... Socialism - “a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole“

TheCoelacanth on Nov 28, 2017 [–]

That definition clearly excludes any dictatorship because a dictatorship is by definition controlled by a dictator, not by the community as a whole.

nickpp on Nov 28, 2017 | [–]

"Community as a whole" is keyword for the State/Goverment, as the practical representant of the community. And the dictator is/controls the state.

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