Difference between revisions of "Danton's politics"
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==Failure of Marxist governments== | ==Failure of Marxist governments== | ||
| − | Marx provided a useful diagnosis of the problems of capitalism, and a terrible prescription for their remedy. The Marxist model of the dictatorship of the proletariat, inherited from the Terror of the French revolution, led inevitably to the totalitarian regime of Stalin. | + | Marx provided a useful diagnosis of the problems of capitalism, and a terrible prescription for their remedy. The Marxist model of the dictatorship of the proletariat, inherited from the Terror of the French revolution, led inevitably to the totalitarian regime of Stalin. The Marxist states also demonstrated the failure of the central planning: economic collapse was the main cause of the fall of the URSS. |
==The importance of liberal democracy and a free market== | ==The importance of liberal democracy and a free market== | ||
