Is communism a dictatorship

Answer 1

Communism is more of an economic system, while Dictatorship is more of a governing system. They may provide idea circumstances for each other, (for example, heavy government intervention may be ideal for the equality that communism promotes) but they fall under different categories, instead being different or similar things under the same category. However, it is true that most countries that call themselves communist happen to have a more dictatorship oriented system.

well its tricky, the theory of communism isn't meant to be a dictatorship but it turns into it, for example, the USSR was meant to be communist but when Stalin came to power he ruled as a dictator. the link below really helped me answer the question

A communist dictatorship

The idea of a communist society is to abolish private property and socialize all means of production so that no man or woman would ever have to fear poverty. The working class, or proletariat, actually seizes power of the means of production from the bourgeois(upper) classes. In a more orthodox communist camp violent revolution is also necessary in order to seize power over the government as well. Once this happens there will be a "dictatorship of the proletariat" put in place. After private property has been abolished and the means of production socialized the people under communist rule will be so satisfied with the economy that the dictatorship will eventually "wither away" as Karl Marx put it, simply because of the fact that it is no longer even necessary.

but the fact still remains that communism looks better on paper than in real life.

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Answer 2

No. Communism is a social/political structure in which all people earn money from the work (labor) they do, and not from ownership or investment. A communist state has a government (with a leadership) that oversees the good order of the state. A dictatorship has a single person in charge.

Answer 3

Generally, yes, but it is a little more complicated than that.

Communism, as envisioned by Karl Marx was an apolitical society. It would have no government of any kind and people would simply behave properly to one another. There would be no borders, no bureaucracy, no difficulties. All of the benefits that governments provide (security, protection of the commons, housing, etc.) would melt away since people would behave in such a way as to fully provide all of these things to each other as individuals and as a community.

However, in order to get to this stage, the behavior of the population must be modified. Marx argued that such a modification could only occur under the aegis of an enlightened dictatorship, called the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, which would forcibly educate individuals with the tools and mentalities necessary to create this apolitical society and strip power from the capitalists, bourgeoisie, and nobility in order to promote true equality. The dictators, once the job was done, would abdicate their power and allow for the apolitical society to form.

Of course, in reality, there is no dictatorship that willingly gives up power or has willingly devoted vast resources towards educating its population for a post-governmental world. As a result, all Communist countries have remained dictatorships for their entire Communist period.

Answer 4

Yes.