How did Tito challenge Stalin and Soviet influence?
The break with Stalin was inevitable. We had fought for our own liberation, and I saw no reason why we should exchange one form of foreign domination for another. When Stalin sought to dictate our internal affairs and economic policies, we refused. Our path was our own. We argued that socialism could and should take different forms in different countries, adapted to their unique historical conditions. Non-alignment wasn't about sitting on the fence; it was a positive policy of independence, of asserting our right to choose our own destiny, free from coercion.
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