Did you miss the part where the Communist party was not only collaborating with the Soviets, who were opposed to the existence of Revolutionary Catalonia, but had completely separate interests from the syndicalists attempting to create a functioning, autonomous society?
hmm, sounds like there was infighting among the socialist and communist factions that resulted in mass arrests and executions of dissenters
a government and economic system so awful, you need secret police to keep it running
yeah just look at the united states. they have the cia and fbi
yeah just look at the united states. they have the cia and fbi, literally two entire secret police forces at their disposal
people in the USA don't loving disappear and have their existence purged from every government document like in the USSR
Those damn CIA glow-in-the-dark agents and FBI. How am I supposed to commit heinous crime if we have investigative law enforcement? forget the police
literally two entire secret police forces
they also shill their political bias into investigations regarding politics and use that to complete destroy whichever side they want. that's the exact definition of a secret police
sorry lads, new to politics - what's the difference between communism and socialism?????