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[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Marxist-Leninist states are dictatorships by design. They do not claim popular representation,

They claim both. The point is a dictatorship of the proletariat, which is why they have popular elections. That was the whole point of the soviets after all!