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There has never been a communism that worked. They were all dictatorships or oligarchies, every single one.

David Crosby

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David Crosby
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 14
Actor
Film Producer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
LA
California
David Van Cortlandt Crosby
Never
Oligarchies
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Communism
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