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irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days agoDictatorship of the proletariat literally just means that the state represents the proletariats interests, rather than the bourgeois’ interests (like democracy in the west).
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irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days agoDictatorship of the proletariat literally just means that the state represents the proletariats interests, rather than the bourgeois’ interests (like democracy in the west).
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Democracy was supposed to do that. What would prevent a communist state from being usurped by capitalist interests (since capitalists are the ones who pay their bills)?
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
That is a good question. Keep in mind I’m not marxist, but I have read some of the theory.
In a communist state, the means of production are usually nationalised by the state, for capitalists, all of their wealth comes from exploiting the labor of others, if the means are controlled by the people through a democratic government, the capitalists can’t profit since they don’t control the means.
As such, the idea that capitalists pay the bills of communist states seems wrong to me.