[hanamizu]

Why? Communist Vietnam realized communism didn’t work and they abandoned it.

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The Party is fine with abandoning communism as long as people don’t get the idea of abandoning the Communist Party. I think the same thinking prevails in Red China.

[dfwgator]

Exactly, it’s a deal with the people. Don’t Rock The Boat, and we’ll leave you alone. That will work as long as the economy is good.

[packagingguy]

Years ago a friend took me to a Vietnamese restaurant to a meeting of veterans. These were veterans of the South Vietnamese Army, not the US Army.

Their case for why the country shouldn’t be communist was quite compelling.