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. Marxist states around the world have all systematically denied basic human rights such as freedom of speech and right to political representation. Marxist states also generally demonstrate the failure of central planning. Economic collapse was the main cause of the fall of the URSS, and China only avoided a similar fate by liberalizing their economy (while maintaining the repressive one-party state). | + | 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. Marxist states around the world have all systematically denied basic human rights such as freedom of speech and right to political representation. |
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| + | Marxist states also generally demonstrate the failure of central planning. Economic collapse was the main cause of the fall of the URSS, and China only avoided a similar fate by liberalizing their economy (while maintaining the repressive one-party state). | ||
==The importance of liberal democracy and a free market== | ==The importance of liberal democracy and a free market== | ||
