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[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

IIUC,

the US had/has a Communist party, and you could probably sell copies of Pravda;

while the USSR had no liberal party, and it's doubtful you could have a copy of the NYT.

[–] Internetexplorer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The illusion of choice.

They'll never be allowed to be in power

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think that your right to have a copy of Pravda in the US was illusory.

[–] Internetexplorer@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

You can have it, you just can't have much more. No real change. You can have newspaper. But you can't change the system