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Well, I've always seen the dictatorship of the proletariat argument to defend the fact that every communist country ends up devolving in a dictatorship.
If you remove that excuse, then I might start thinking that the issue is with communism in itself and we might need to look around for a new theory.
Then you clearly have not understood the argument.
Btw even the CIA stated that the idea of Stalin being some megalomaniac dictator is nonsense. Turns out your entire premise is based on you not getting the topic in the first place.
Or maybe you haven't? If no communist country has the dictatorship of the proletariat, a democracy or even a decentralized government like a communion of soviets, then what does it leave? Just a normal, shitty dictatorship (or pseudo-monarchy in case of NK).
Still, I don't understand the cheering for brutal dictators. Why the fuck would you what that? Saying Stalin wasn't "actually that bad" is akin to saying that about Hitler or Mussolini or Pinochet or any other brutal selfish dictator. Fuck that.
What are you even on about? What does CCP/CPC stand for in your opinion?
The other commenter said they are not dictatorships of the proletariat. Make up your mind guys
Yeah, he's no true Scotsman