[rbanffy]

The fact it could have worked probably weighted in the decision to sponsor the coup and the regime that destroyed its legacy.

A real shame.

[wesselbindt]

The amount of effort spent and blood spilled to make anything that even remotely smells like socialism fail is one of the greater tragedies of the 20th century.

[blell]

Much more effort and much more blood would have been spilled if socialism ever "succeeded".