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If the public doesn't control the political parties or their political orientation through voting or councils, socialism is pretty useless, it could even be argued that a society with an illiberal state cannot be socialist, because while it may not have an owning class it sure has a bureaucratic ruling class.
Read: The Average Joe in China cannot decide what their workplace is doing.
Mikhail Bakunin's "socialism without liberty is slavery" quote comes to mind.
Exactly, you can't liberate people by shackling them.
But I guess war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength.
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Your comment inspired me to create a post about it, thanks lmao