> But the point I am trying to make is that a modern industrialized state
> which implies, inter alia, relatively high urbanization,
> industrialization and weak if not absent fedual-like institutions (such
> as hereditary monarchy, strong land-owning oligarchies, and dominance of
> plantation-like economy) has a very slim chance of experiencing a
> "communist" revolution as we know it (i.e. along the Russian or Chinese
> lines),
French and Italian CPs had considerable presence in the postwar period. What is your take on May, 68, btw?
Ulhas