Marx grasped this essence of capitalist democracy splendidly when, in analyzing the experience of the Commune, he said that the oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!
here’s a quote from a russian agent for you. just because it’s already on my clipboard.
I don’t know if it’s any better that Russians don’t actually get to choose… As shit as the US system is, I don’t think it would be bettered by Trump or Biden just grabbing power and keeping it.
he point made is that it doesn’t matter, fractional gains through reforms will always be taken away from the working classes. No one said the system was good, or even worth ‘bettering’
here’s a quote from a russian agent for you. just because it’s already on my clipboard.
State and the revolution, I finished it last week
I don’t know if it’s any better that Russians don’t actually get to choose… As shit as the US system is, I don’t think it would be bettered by Trump or Biden just grabbing power and keeping it.
he point made is that it doesn’t matter, fractional gains through reforms will always be taken away from the working classes. No one said the system was good, or even worth ‘bettering’