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So why they are not voting to get it back? It is not like all kinds of Communist/Socialist parties are outlawed in either exUSSR or ex-Ugoslavian countries, it is just that some old people like to reminisce about it but nobody _actually_ wants it back.


For a certain generation of Yugoslavs, it isn’t just the party that matters but the specific man who led it, Tito. Once he died, even though his party remained, things quickly went downhill for Yugoslavia.


You can't vote yourself out of capitalism the same way you can't vote yourself out of slavery.


Says who? Sure you can! After failed coup attempts Venezuela did exactly that in 1998[0]. But I guess they were no true Scotsman, right?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Venezuelan_presidential_e...


Sometimes miracles happen :)




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