Comments by "Luis Aldamiz" (@LuisAldamiz) on "Communist Albania Wanted To Be Self-Reliant" video.

In spite of his staunch Stalinism, I think that the Hoxha regime deserves some praise for coherence. Also it was the only Western country to have a cultural revolution (not mentioned in the video), which prevented the rise of religious fundamentalism, as happened elsewhere in Eastern Europe after the socialist collapse, from Yugoslavia (where it was the basis of terrible "nationalist" strife, pitting Serbocroats against each other on absurd religious traditions that should have been eradicated by then) to Russia going through Poland and Hungary. It was probably too small to be autarchic, especially in a world where globalization is the norm (the USA also forced its own allies/vassals, from South Korea to Spain to become globalized since the 70s).
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@shauncameron8390 - You could say that "Communism" of the Muscovite school ("Stalinism" or as they insist on calling themselves: "Marxist-Leninists") was and is a religion of sorts. The cult of a particular "saint", "prophet" or "master" is not a religion as such, it needs a stable cult or church. Said that, I'm much more concerned about legacy religions from the Landownerist-Warlordist-Patriarchal era, against which many more cultural revolutions are needed.
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