[Arguendo]

Just because they used the word “election” doesn’t mean they were elections, anymore than the Westboro Baptist Church is counts a “Baptist” or “Christian.”

In the USSR, a small minority seized control through revolution, unchecked by a poorly designed democratic process. Once they had control, there was nothing democratic about their government. The PRC took control through armed revolution, without even a pretense of democracy.

Communism may in a sense be a product of the Enlightenment, in the same way Islam is a product of Christianity and Judaism, but those countries most strongly influenced by the Enlightenment were the ones that stood most strongly against communism in the 20th century.

[ArrogantBustard]

but those countries most strongly influenced by the Enlightenment were the ones that stood most strongly against communism in the 20th century.

Who? Socialist France? Socialist Britain? Germany????

Stuff and nonsense.

Yeah ... the West fought a great Cold War against communism. We won the war ... and we're losing the peace. Wonderful ...

Don't try to dissociate communism from the so-called enlightenment, either. That's dishonest.

[Lukasz]

but those countries most strongly influenced by the Enlightenment were the ones that stood most strongly against communism in the 20th century.

Please name these countries.

[narses]

...but those countries most strongly influenced by the Enlightenment were the ones that stood most strongly against communism in the 20th century.

Not hardly. France embraced the red movement as did much of Europe. Socialism was rampant during the 20th Century. Still is.