• MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    The difference is the state does not choose who their opposition is and you are actually allowed to replace the governing system as a whole in liberal states which was not permitted in the USSR.

    • cqst [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      51 minutes ago

      The difference is the state does not choose who their opposition is

      Are you sure about that?

      and you are actually allowed to replace the governing system as a whole in liberal states which was not permitted in the USSR.

      What does “replacing the governing system as a whole”, look like, in practice, exactly? How is this different from the USSR?