actually existing socialism, n.All

Actually existing socialism (n.) suited ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠both propaganda machines: the East borrowed the glow of the real thing, the West used it to blacken the very idea.