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Why bourgeois democracy is a dictatorship of the rich
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We’re told we live in a democracy, but whether we vote for Starmer or Sunak, we’re going to get pretty much the same thing. What’s democratic about that? We’re told we have rights like freedom of speech and a free press, but the government is banning protests and the newspapers are all owned by billionaires. What’s the point of these “rights” if they don’t actually mean anything? The fact is that the world is run by and for the rich. They decide everything and the rest of us don’t get a say. That isn’t democracy, that’s a dictatorship. In this episode of Marxist Voice, Ben Gliniecki proves that what we live in today isn’t a real democracy. Instead, he will give a vision of what a real, socialist, democracy would look like, along with how communists can best fight for it. 📚 Get a copy of State and Revolution: wellredbooks.co.uk/product/state-and-revolution/ ✊ Help us overthrow the warmongers in Westminster! Join the Revolutionary Communist Party! 💸 Support the RCP by donating to our fighting fund: communist.red/join 🗞️ Help us build a voice for the working class by subscribing to our newspaper, The Communist: communist.red/subscribe
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We’re told we live in a democracy, but whether we vote for Starmer or Sunak, we’re going to get pretty much the same thing. What’s democratic about that? We’re told we have rights like freedom of speech and a free press, but the government is banning protests and the newspapers are all owned by billionaires. What’s the point of these “rights” if they don’t actually mean anything? The fact is that the world is run by and for the rich. They decide everything and the rest of us don’t get a say. That isn’t democracy, that’s a dictatorship. In this episode of Marxist Voice, Ben Gliniecki proves that what we live in today isn’t a real democracy. Instead, he will give a vision of what a real, socialist, democracy would look like, along with how communists can best fight for it. 📚 Get a copy of State and Revolution: wellredbooks.co.uk/product/state-and-revolution/ ✊ Help us overthrow the warmongers in Westminster! Join the Revolutionary Communist Party! 💸 Support the RCP by donating to our fighting fund: communist.red/join 🗞️ Help us build a voice for the working class by subscribing to our newspaper, The Communist: communist.red/subscribe
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