It’s not ‘capitalism vs. communist dictatorship’, it’s ‘bourgeoisie dictatorship vs. proletarian dictatorship’. If the abolition of class dictatorships is aimed at, only a communist revolution that abolishes class society can accomplish that. If not, then dictatorship is the state of affairs you want to preserve, not the communists
But there are plenty of capitalist or partially capitalist countries that aren’t dictatorships. Whereas China is essentially ruled by one person. I don’t accept your dichotomy either
The dictatorship of capital is worldwide and doesn’t respect the borders of ‘countries’. The degree of despotism or authoritarianism seen in one place or another has to do with the intensity of the class struggle there. It’s most obvious during war-time or severe economic strife, where any pretenses of ‘freedom’ are generally tossed in the trash. Also, no where is ‘ruled by one person’. If you think that then your understanding of geopolitics is naive.
I mean, capitalism is arguably better than a communist dictatorship. We could do better but that’s still progress
Better for whom? Tell that to all the people doing the heavy lifting under capitalism.
Besides… a “communist” dictatorship isn’t communist - it’s just a dictatorship. If you’re doing dictatorship, you’re not much of a communist.
It’s not ‘capitalism vs. communist dictatorship’, it’s ‘bourgeoisie dictatorship vs. proletarian dictatorship’. If the abolition of class dictatorships is aimed at, only a communist revolution that abolishes class society can accomplish that. If not, then dictatorship is the state of affairs you want to preserve, not the communists
But there are plenty of capitalist or partially capitalist countries that aren’t dictatorships. Whereas China is essentially ruled by one person. I don’t accept your dichotomy either
The dictatorship of capital is worldwide and doesn’t respect the borders of ‘countries’. The degree of despotism or authoritarianism seen in one place or another has to do with the intensity of the class struggle there. It’s most obvious during war-time or severe economic strife, where any pretenses of ‘freedom’ are generally tossed in the trash. Also, no where is ‘ruled by one person’. If you think that then your understanding of geopolitics is naive.
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