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Communism will win.


Slavoj Zizek

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BORIS YELTSIN Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
MAO TSE-TUNG Communism means barbarism.
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MAO TSE-TUNG Communism is a Christian heresy
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LAJOS KOSSUTH Communism is in conflict with human nature.
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KARL MARX Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
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