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[โ€“] Coryneform@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] phthalocyanin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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