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How Does Lenin Think That Traditional Democracy Is Flawed?

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Angeliene Pax
Professor Daniel Johnson
History 165
16 November 2014
Analytical Exercise: Communism
Why does Lenin think that traditional democracy is flawed? How does he suggest that Communism offers an alternative solution? What does he see as the ultimate stage in the development of Communism? Lenin was born into the middle class and was obsessed with Marxist doctrines. He formed the Bolsheviks, the majority faction of the Communist Party. The Bolsheviks established war communism, they seized grain from peasants, introduced rations, nationalized all banks and industry, and required everyone to work. Lenin believed that traditional democracy was flawed because to him traditional democracy was a state that had the minority ruling over the majority and that minority was limited to the people who exploit capitalism, only for the rich. He then suggested Communism as an alternative solution because it eliminated capitalism; there were no more social divisions, and there were no more restrictions. Lenin argued when the working class finally overthrows the ruling class and establishes a …show more content…
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