Lemvi

Not a handful of people, but a ruling elite.

If it was democracy, that’s what we’d call it. But we are not talking about democracy. The post is quite explicit about the fact that after a socialist revolution and before ‘true democracy’ comes a ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’, which is different.

My grandparents were workers in the GDR. They were part of the proletariat, they didn’t have a say. That’s ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’. A government run by ‘socialists’ with a higher standard of living than that of the general population.

I guess either I am just cynical or you are naive, possibly both to an extend.

You believe that there are people that given unchecked power, will know what the common good is and without fail work for it, indefinitely.

I don’t believe that, which is why I think power must always be checked. Honestly, for that it doesn’t even matter if the power itself has corrupting properties.

Regarding human nature. There is plenty of research (for example with babies) that shows that some behaviour is learned while some we are born with.

This doesn’t answer my question. If the dictatorship is supposed to be temporary, then how does it end?

Also, while I do agree that the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie is real and quite obviously exists (money=power), I don’t agree that such a thing as a ‘dictatorship of the proletatiat’ can even exist. The proletariat has the absolute majority in the population. So rule of the proletariat is just democracy.

What ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’ means in practice, is that just like in capitalist societies, there is a ruling elite, just one claiming to act in the workers best interest.

There is no magical corrupting property to power, it’s just human nature. Having power is better than not having it, so naturally noone relinquishes it willingly. Power allows you to both act in the interest of the common good, and in your own interest. Realistically, powerful people do both things to some degree, so the longer power remains unchecked, the more it gets abused. And even if there was a truely selfless powerful person, the longer that person works in a government office, the more they tend to lose touch with the struggles of an ordinary worker.

Ok, temporary dictatorship, fine. But which mechanism ensures the temporary dictatorship doesn’t turn permanent?

Power corrupts, and if this two step process of achieving a socialist utopia fails and we gets stuck in a dictatorship after the first step, what is there to justify the bloodshed of the revolution?

Böse Zungen würden Behaupten dass die nicht in einem verzerrten Weltbild gefangen sind, sondern sehr genau wissen was sie tun, und einfach nur die Taschen vollmachen.

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Yes, if you want the scent to stick longer, you need a higher concentration, not more perfume.

I like EdP, you apply it in the morning and by the evening only the base notes are left, you can then re-apply if you are going out.

Generelly, the scent of a perfume always develops while you wear it. The top notes that can be smelled immediately after applying are gone after half an hour, then you can smell the middle notes and finally the base notes.

Concentration changes how long middle notes and base notes linger, the top notes always disappear fast.

It’s also a matter of concentration. An EdC may last for only an hour, an Extrait you may smell for a few days.

about 150ml per year (that’s for EdP)

To go to university.

I don’t know about the historical reasons. But I do think it is good to have some ordinary people influencing the judgement as well, rather than just some judge sitting in their ivory tower.

I guess she is telling him that he is too old to use this kinda language.

I don’t, there’s a canteen where I work.

Incredibly difficult to limit it to five, ask me tomorrow and I’ll probably come up with 5 others. Anyway

1. Left 4 Dead 2
2. Portal 2
3. Metro Exodus
4. Life is Strange 2
5. DayZ

Ich bin nicht überzeugt dass die AfD von ihren Wählern als Protestpartei gesehen wird. Es gibt viele Parteien in Deutschland, davon auch sehr viele nicht-rechtsextreme.

Wer die AfD als Protestpartei bezeichnet möchte der Tatsache nicht ins Auge sehen dass 80 Jahre nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg die meisten Zeitzeugen tot sind, und der Rechtsextremismus wieder Fahrt aufnimmt.

Not saying this isn’t true, but there is something that I have often wondered with this reasoning.

There have been some quite powerful socialist states. Sure, fledgeling socialist states were sabotaged by the US and it’s allies. But they were also propped up by the USSR and it’s allies.

So, if external sabotage explains the failure of socialist states, why wasn’t support from powerful socialist allies enough to offset it? And why didn’t comparable interference cause capitalist states to fail at similar rates?