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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a stage in the transition to communism called 'the oppression of the proletariat' aka 'dictatorship'. Supposedly it should be a temporary stage before transitioning into a more decentralized type of government. As far as I am aware, not any communist revolution got beyond the dictatorship stage as absolute power corrupts.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Specifically "dictatorship of the proletariat", which was basically an 1800s gothic way to say "direct democracy for workers". Marx is somewhat infamous for the way he makes his ideas sound scarier than they are

And to clarify, most revolutions fail or adopt bureaucracy primarily to defend themselves from outside, capitalist influence, power corruption probably plays a part too but state power used by socialists is actually part of the plot

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very informative. I read the summarised work here that someone send me. And I have missed that nuance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I also made a mistake and said "direct democracy for poor people" instead of "workers" so I went and edited that. whoops