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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Communist states (including DPRK).svg|right|thumb|Map of countries considered modern day "actually existing socialism" — [[China]], [[Cuba]], [[DPR Korea]], [[Laos]] and [[Vietnam]].]]<br />
'''Actually existing socialism''' ('''AES'''), also called '''really existing socialism''' or '''real socialism''', is a term developed under the governance of [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] leader [[Leonid Brezhnev]] to refer to the camp of self-proclaimed [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] states allied to the [[USSR]].<br />
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In the modern day, some Marxist–Leninists use the term to categorize what they consider the remaining [[Socialist state|socialist states]] in the world. This includes [[China]], [[Cuba]], [[North Korea]], [[Laos]], and [[Vietnam]]. This framework is disputed.<ref>[https://queer-bolshevik.medium.com/the-aes-doctrine-wrong-then-wrong-now-a8666de371da The “AES” Doctrine: Wrong Then, Wrong Now] (September 14, 2020)</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Socialist state]]<br />
* [[Brezhnev Doctrine]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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