• @PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    05 months ago

    Good in theory, problematic in practice. A goal to strive towards but not achieve.

    The main problem is the dictatorship of the proletariat is so easily corrupted into a regular ol dictatorship. When that much power is in play, it’s hard for people to give it up - and even when they’re willing, they can just get ousted by less scrupulous people.

    Making it safely through that passage is like a Great Filter of socio-economics