It was not Communism that made the difference to those who remember Tito's Yugoslavia foindly, but stability. Just as Saddam did, Tito kept things under control. This means that any method (of government) is preferable to none. But it does NOT mean that a Communist method is necessary. It is economically oppressive inherently. It is not an evil idea -- in fact it is, in the abstract, charming. But it doesn't work, and the reason it doesn't work is that human nature will not be coerced. Charity is a voluntary action, and the incentive to own a piece of the world is much stronger in the human makeup than the incentive to help one's fellows.

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