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[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Okay, what about the whole soviets and sharing power with trade unions thing? What about their innovations in participatory democracy. The USSR were hyperdemocratic, even on war footing, at least until destalinization happened and the bureaucracy started taking hold.