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by lucozade 3237 days ago
Sorry, are you saying that the People's Republic of Bulgaria was not run by Bulgarian Communist Party? Or are you saying that there wasn't a People's Republic of Bulgaria or that the Bulgarian Communist Party wasn't communist? Or something else?
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There are states in India governed by Communist Parties where the people/society are not following a communist structure
GP is probably noting that Communism is a classless, stateless, moneyless society in which the Law of Value has been abolished; "Communist state" is an oxymoron.
LeoNatan25 said Bulgaria "was ally to communist states", so it's clear he doesn't consider "communist state" an oxymoron

I'd like to know more about the alleged difference between Bulgaria and the unnamed allies.

Interesting, I missed that part. In this case I would say he is incorrect, then. Having a Communist party in power does not make a Communist society.