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As one of very few members here from an ex-socialist country (Croatia), and as one near the leftmost end of political spectrum, despite being a kind or enterpreneur, I feel obliged to add some first-hand experience to the discussion. I will try that in the next several days (I am swamped with work again), but for the moment I will just say that we ended the experiment by decision of Parliament, which was not prompted by any kind of public unrest. As for religion, there existed political and peer pressure not to attend religious services, aproximately equal to the pressure to atend them that appeared after the change.

Also, I will try to argument my opinion on all being or not being fair in war, having, regrettably, (almost) first-hand experience in that, too.
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