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So, since Socialism is the dictatorship of the proletariat, I assume a traditional representative democratic system is not viable, as it overrepresents other classes and their desires. So what other forms of governance have been used?

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[-] sovietsnake@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It is not that socialism does not employ democracy, but rather that it is different from liberal democracies. The only way it has ever been successfully implemented is through Lenin's praxis based on Marx's theory i.e. Leninism, which translates into a one party rule. This does not mean that there are no election process in the whole ladder of beaurocratic and politicians who form part of the State and so on, only that there is no fight between parties. A party should care about one thing primarily, and thatis the wellbeign of the national proletariat, if that is the role to fullfill then it is pointless to gamble on which one to choose, because we can take decisions based on science when micro or macro managing a nation, not doing whatever is best for PR, and we do not need two parties for that.

AFAIK the most significance different aproach would be Allende's Cybersyn, but it never occurred since the CIA murdered him so we cannot say it would have worked, and that only distributed decision making at a micro level while still holding a hierarchical structure.

[-] B0rodin@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Where could I find out more about Cybersyn? I have been trying but I havn't been able to find any resources on it.

[-] sovietsnake@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Sorry for taking so long to reply comrade, here's a good book on the subject.

https://bookwyrm.social/book/6322/s/cybernetic-revolutionaries

[-] pancake@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the explanation!

[-] sovietsnake@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

You're welcome, comrade.

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