PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoWhy are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?message-squaremessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoYes, they have a single party: the dictatorship of the proletariat, also known as proletarian democracy. But we too have a single party: the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, also known as bourgeois democracy. [Princeton] Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
minus-squaredarkphotonstudio@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoA dictatorship is bad whether it carries a hammer and sickle or a wad of $100 bills
“single party state”
Yes, they have a single party: the dictatorship of the proletariat, also known as proletarian democracy.
But we too have a single party: the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, also known as bourgeois democracy.
[Princeton] Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
A dictatorship is bad whether it carries a hammer and sickle or a wad of $100 bills