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Comment author: Athrelon 16 January 2013 05:01:56PM 8 points [-]

That Communism would have fizzled in 1500 is a fact about the strength of non-Communist structures in the Middle Ages. That Communism succeeded in 1917 is a fact about the strength of pro- vs. anti-Communist structures at that time. Strength changes over time; that does not negate the fact that strength (probabilistically) determines victory.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 17 January 2013 01:23:23AM 1 point [-]

And yet institutions with strength managed to loose it.