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Originally Posted by KOD
Well, for the most part..........it does. The Soviets discovered that belief in a supreme power APART from one's government is the beginning of the rejection of that government as the ruling authority. Since socialism requires obedience and adherence to central directives (Social Security, Medicare, Universal Healthcare, environmental dictates, minority rights rules) in order to function, most socialists/leftists recognize the need for focus on enforcement of social order rather than hope in some devine power.
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Socialism requires no more obedience in order to function than any other form of government. Less, probably, since a society where people are taken care of is less likely to have a high incidence of criminal (anti-social) behavior, so there's less need for police and authoritarian government in general.
If order has to be enforced, it isn't really social, now is it?
This is why I think that a proper, benign social society can only be brought about through democratic means. When people
choose to be social, it'll work. If they don't, it can't, by definition. Peace can't be imposed, 'cause imposition isn't peaceful.