Can someone explain why Laos is not a socialist state according to the wiki? (en.prolewiki.org)

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The page for socialist state does not include Laos and on its own page it says it is a "people's democratic state", unlike the other AES states, which say they are socialist states. Is there a reason Laos is not considered a socialist state?

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[-] Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It looks like it's counted as socialist, with the form of a people's democratic state as lined out in their constitution. It says so on the main page for Laos.

The Laotian constitution states that the LPRP "is a people’s democratic state" defending "the interests of the multi-ethnic people of all social strata with the workers, farmers and intelligentsia as key components."[2]

The Lao People's Democratic Republic is one of only five socialist states in the world today (alongside Vietnam, Cuba, People's Korea and China). The Lao PDR adheres to Marxism–Leninism and Kaysone Phomvihane Thought as its guiding ideology.

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