What do you think about the so-called “red bourgeoisie”? Which mechanisms can a socialist/communist society use to prevent the “new class” from usurping power?
I liked some of the original ideas the Soviets and Cubans and my homeboy Thomas Sankara had when instituting socialism:
Officials should be held to a higher standard and not allowed to have a super luxurious home when people are suffering, politicians are subject to recall and dismissal by referendum or execution if they are found to be ineffective or capitalist traitors.
Mandating that economic enterprises can only “profit” at a certain level before the rest going back to the state and social programs.
Very well, but which mechanisms can we use to make sure this is how it really works in practice? How do you make sure the politicians will be subject to recall?
You establish it in the laws of the land and you make clear the taboo of changing them to the point of ensuring the people are always read to revolt against politicians breaking structure. Democratic centralism also goes a long way to ensuring compliance with leadership standards.
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Read up on Trotsky’s idea of permanent revolution.
You need to be more specific. What do you have in mind? Trotsky’s views were formed at a time he had much less experiences with the real world issues of communism than we have today. The problem proved to be tough and difficult to solve. The proletariat doesn’t seem to be capable of independently self-organizing quite to the degree the initial theories assumed. I believe the Left requires this subject to be discussed in light of more recent experiences.
Good place to start is “In Defense of Marxism”, a how-to on building revolutionary socialist leadership.
“Trotsky’s views were formed at a time he had much less experience…”, isn’t that true of most people?
