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[Farmer-Rick]

34. There was private property in the old USSR

For example you could own your own home under the USSR. There were also collectives that owned property the members could use and sell. But true, some property was owned by the state but not all property was. Therefore not a true communist country. The USSR never called itself a Communist country. It called itself a Socialist country.

China has always allowed some amount of private property. It frames its ideology as Marxism–Leninism adapted to the historical context of China, often expressing it as socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Yeah, words have meanings. And socialism is different from communism. These are words normally used to describe the prevailing type of economy a country has. But it does not describe the type of government it has.

So there can be dictators, democracies, feudalism and oligarchies in socialist, capitalist, slavery, traditional and communist countries. These all have meanings and should be used properly.