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Subject: Re: Communism like a Diamond is Forever
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Date: Sun, 2-Feb-86 05:12:00 EST
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>/* Written  4:47 pm  Jan 30, 1986 by al@vger in inmet:net.politics */
>> 
>> There  is another, broader question:
>> is the communist brand of nondemocracy reversible *anywhere* ?
>> So far, the experiments are *negative*.
>
>Not quite true.  A portion of Austria was occupied by Soviet forces after
>WWII.  Sometime later (50's?) these troops were withdrawn as part of deal
>which made Austria neutral.  Austria today is about as democratic as 
>any country.

Communist regime was not established in the occupied part of Austria;
so that's irrelevant. The question was about internal evolution
of communist regimes.