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"There is no capitalist road to communism. There is only, as ever, the calibre of the confidence of labour." Actually Marx himself thought that capitalism was
by transfire 11y ago
"There is no capitalist road to communism. There is only, as ever, the calibre of the confidence of labour."
Actually Marx himself thought that capitalism was a natural historic necessity proceeding communism. This issue was widely debated at the founding of USSR --whether they could skip this phase. Obviously they choose wrong.
- TheSpiceIsLife 11y ago"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy." - Source unclear, attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville and Elmer T. Peterson
- eru 11y agoDemocracies have been remarkably stable so far compared to other forms of government we've tried.
- something123 11y agoI mean, it's only "necessary" because it would be a catalyst for the proletariat revolution. The Russians and the Maoists generalized on the idea and showed that it's more an issue of getting the disenfranchised organized - whether they be factory wage slaves or farmers that don't own the land they work
- jqm 11y agoThe interesting thing is that it seems to have happened in reverse. In China, Russia and Vietnam, for instance it appears that communism smashed the old systems of power which opened the door for capitalism.