this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
210 points (91.3% liked)
The Democratic People's Republic of Tankiejerk
1125 readers
9 users here now
COMM HAS MOVED TO !tankiejerk@piefed.social
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Marx's "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" was envisaged as democracy though.
Bourgeois democracy (ie what we largely live in today) is "Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie".
It's in reference to what class holds power, not an actual autocratic or oligarchic power structure.