Dictatorship of the proletariat

Marx embraced Hegel's belief that the driving force of historical change was the dialectic. This refers to a process of development in which interaction between two opposing forces leads to a further stage. Conflict between a thesis and its opposing force, an antithesis, leads to a higher level, a synthesis, which, in turn, constitutes a new thesis. However, while Hegel explained dialectical change in terms of ideas or the 'world spirit', Marx gave the concept a materialist interpretation. Perceiving

’ Joseph Stalin was the “General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.” The Gulag system was prefaced to separate and eliminate people whose deeds and thoughts were not contributing to the dictatorships power of the proletariat.

Introduction to the Parameters of Analysis Because are so many different kinds of revolutions with their own theoretical frameworks, I will analyze the merits of Marxism as it unfolds in the various authors. Because the writers speak of a particular time and place, all examinations will limit itself to the Europe in the lifetimes of the authors, drawing from V for Vendetta and modernity mostly as counterexamples. Therefore, this paper will focus on Marxist revolutions in mid-19th century to early

most weathered; the proletariats. In Vladimir Lenin’s eyes, in a capitalist society a proletariat is the term used to describe the working class, the class that does not have ownership of any means of production(land and capital) and whose sole income source derives from labor. The minority, who own the majority of the wealth, the means of production, and the means of coercion(law enforcement and legal system). In a capitalist society, the bourgeoisie exploit the proletariats. Only the bourgeoisie

tied as an enemy to Capitalism due to his ties to Communism. Although he did layout the foundry to Communism as we know it, he never saw it to be how it is today. He saw it as a way for social egalitarianism; Equality for the poor and rich (the Proletariat and Bourgeoisie); a classless society. He wanted to the big businesses and factories not to be owned by one man or company as in capitalism, but to be owned by everyone. A concept he called Collective

throughout the world. The Communist Manifesto put forward a unique view on the relevance and significance of history which relied more heavily on economical distinctions than revolutionary progress. It also proposed a process, by which the working proletariat class would overthrow the ruling bourgeoisie class and create a classless society in which private property would be abolished. However, if looked at closely the Manifesto contains some contradictions and oversimplifications that allow communism

communist countries, where it’s controlled through absolute dictatorship and human’s freedom is reduced; the rise of state capitalism and crude communism. In this essay, I will define communism based Marx’s definition in his text, “Manifesto of the Communist Party”, and explore why and how communism has been distorted for political purposes. Communism was based on the premise of the working class. Marx referred to them as the Proletariat. For clarification, one’s wealth and income aren’t to be mistaken

     The original goals of communism, a perfect proletariat society, transformed over time; from the revolutionary thinking of Karl Marx to the murderous communist dictatorships of V.I. Lenin and Joseph Stalin. In the original Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles, the orignal idea of communism and socialism was to form a perfect proletariat society, where there were no classes and all people lived as equals together. Over the years, the original idea

maintaining of it’s power between the years of 1917-24. This essay shall explore topics concerning the ‘Dictatorship Of The Proletariat’, The Cheka, War Communism, The Red Terror and other potential reasons for the Bolsheviks remaining in power. This essay shall also explore the various views put forth by various Historians such as Robert Conquest and Richard Pipes. The Dictatorship of the Proletariat was an idea advocated by Lenin throughout the course of the initial years of the Bolshevik Regime.

Communism is not an absolution of Government, at any rate; it is the mass socialization of the Governance. The duty of the Proletariat Dictator is not to make decisions on a long term scale, rather to involve as many diverse people as possible, strategically, in meaningful Governance of The People; and then to absolve themselves of the Dictatorship. The large scale proletariat Government that results would be capable of involving the majority of the population in self-governance. The only means by