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minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoWell, I suppose the Confiscation Of The Means Of Production could happen by majority vote if it was possible to get most people to agree to it … That said, I know of not a single example out the were the Dictatorship Of The Proletariat wasn’t done by force, either at first or eventually.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI mean, every revolution is done by force, including democratic ones. Most successful communist revolutions were backed by the considerable resources of the Soviet Union, which put special emphasis on destroying all democratic-left opposition.
minus-squareKichae@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoSeizing the means of production and the dictatorship of the proletariat are totally different concepts, though. Flipping through the Communist Manifesto for a few choice words and then using them totally wrong isn’t really bolstering your case.
Well, I suppose the Confiscation Of The Means Of Production could happen by majority vote if it was possible to get most people to agree to it …
That said, I know of not a single example out the were the Dictatorship Of The Proletariat wasn’t done by force, either at first or eventually.
I mean, every revolution is done by force, including democratic ones. Most successful communist revolutions were backed by the considerable resources of the Soviet Union, which put special emphasis on destroying all democratic-left opposition.
Seizing the means of production and the dictatorship of the proletariat are totally different concepts, though.
Flipping through the Communist Manifesto for a few choice words and then using them totally wrong isn’t really bolstering your case.