| rdfs:comment | - The Dictatorship of the Proletariat in Marxism is a state in which the working class, rather than the elite, has political power. It is not dictatorship in the sense of being ruled by a despot, such as Hitler or Stalin, rather, the rule of a class. The United States is not truly a democracy, since the rich control the media and finance political campaigns, therefore rich people have too much influence. For these reasons Marxists feel, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat is actually, in a way, closer to democracy.
- The "dictatorship of the proletariat" or workers' state is a term employed by Marxists that refers to what they see as a temporary state between the capitalist society and the classless, stateless and moneyless communist society. During this transition period, "the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat." The term does not refer to a concentration of power by a dictator, but to a situation where the proletariat (the working class) would hold power and replace the current political, economic and social system controlled by the bourgeoisie (the propertied class). In short, the "dictatorship of the proletariat" would replace the current "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie"; the crucial distinction being that while the bourgeoisie is by definition a minority, t
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| abstract | - The Dictatorship of the Proletariat in Marxism is a state in which the working class, rather than the elite, has political power. It is not dictatorship in the sense of being ruled by a despot, such as Hitler or Stalin, rather, the rule of a class. The United States is not truly a democracy, since the rich control the media and finance political campaigns, therefore rich people have too much influence. For these reasons Marxists feel, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat is actually, in a way, closer to democracy. Unfortunately, for the Soviet Union, the working people ended up being ruled under a corrupt, undemocratic bureaucracy, probably due to the takeover of Stalin. Leon Trotsky viewed the Soviet Union as a "degenerated workers' state" which would eventually either degenerate into a capitalist class, or be overthrown by a political revolution. Other nations were modeled after the Soviet Union's bureaucratic dictatorship, rather than a democratic organization of the proletariat.
- The "dictatorship of the proletariat" or workers' state is a term employed by Marxists that refers to what they see as a temporary state between the capitalist society and the classless, stateless and moneyless communist society. During this transition period, "the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat." The term does not refer to a concentration of power by a dictator, but to a situation where the proletariat (the working class) would hold power and replace the current political, economic and social system controlled by the bourgeoisie (the propertied class). In short, the "dictatorship of the proletariat" would replace the current "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie"; the crucial distinction being that while the bourgeoisie is by definition a minority, the proletariat is, similarly, always the majority . Many Marxists refer to this transitional stage as socialism or "workers' democracy".
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