• Coryneform@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    is revolution not putting the authority of the people over those in power, and bringing those people low? that’s “hierarchy”

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      1 year ago

      that depends if you draw distinction between the people and the state (which is merely an abstraction of capital)

      state capitalism, as defined by lenin, is not a classless society, and is indefensible as a liberatory philosophy.

      just as liberalism abolished the monarchy only to replace it with a dictatorship of private capital, authoritarian socialism replaced monarchy with a beaurocratic ruling class and unilateral control of the means of production.

      the neck cares not the color of the boot