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From: al@vger.UUCP ( Informatix)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Communism like a Diamond is Forever
Message-ID: <318@vger.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 16:47:51 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 30 16:47:51 1986
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Organization: UC Santa Cruz, CIS Dept.
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Summary: Example of part of a country going from Communist to free.

> 
> 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  Sometime later (50's?) these troops were withdrawn as part of deal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.