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* A ''[[class]] dictatorship'', embodied in the [[state]]. The state is the unrestricted rule of one class which is ''dictatorial'' (restricting of liberties, suppressive) to one class yet [[Democracy|''democratic'']] to the ruling class. Instances include the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]] and [[dictatorship of the proletariat]].<ref>Vladimir Lenin (1917). [[Library:The State and Revolution|''The State and Revolution'']].<br><blockquote>"[...] this period [the transition from capitalism to communism] inevitably is a period of an unprecedently violent class struggle in unprecedentedly acute forms, and, consequently, during this period the state must inevitably be a state that is democratic in a new way (for the proletariat and the propertyless in general) and dictatorial in a new way (against the bourgeoisie)."</blockquote></ref> | * A ''[[class]] dictatorship'', embodied in the [[state]]. The state is the unrestricted rule of one class which is ''dictatorial'' (restricting of liberties, suppressive) to one class yet [[Democracy|''democratic'']] to the ruling class. Instances include the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]] and [[dictatorship of the proletariat]].<ref>Vladimir Lenin (1917). [[Library:The State and Revolution|''The State and Revolution'']].<br><blockquote>"[...] this period [the transition from capitalism to communism] inevitably is a period of an unprecedently violent class struggle in unprecedentedly acute forms, and, consequently, during this period the state must inevitably be a state that is democratic in a new way (for the proletariat and the propertyless in general) and dictatorial in a new way (against the bourgeoisie)."</blockquote></ref> | ||
* An [[autocracy]], the political rule of a single individual over a government. | * An [[autocracy]], the political rule of a single individual over a government. | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[List of dictators]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Disambiguation pages]] | [[Category:Disambiguation pages]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:39, 14 October 2025
A dictatorship may refer to:
- A class dictatorship, embodied in the state. The state is the unrestricted rule of one class which is dictatorial (restricting of liberties, suppressive) to one class yet democratic to the ruling class. Instances include the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and dictatorship of the proletariat.[1]
- An autocracy, the political rule of a single individual over a government.
See also
References
- ↑ Vladimir Lenin (1917). The State and Revolution.
"[...] this period [the transition from capitalism to communism] inevitably is a period of an unprecedently violent class struggle in unprecedentedly acute forms, and, consequently, during this period the state must inevitably be a state that is democratic in a new way (for the proletariat and the propertyless in general) and dictatorial in a new way (against the bourgeoisie)."