[BEST OF] State and Revolution: Marx, Lenin, & the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
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Lenin's Critique of Liberal Social Contract Theory
This chapter analyzes Lenin's powerful critique of liberal social contract theory, where he argues that the state is not a general interest but a partisan function. It explores Engels' vision of a future society without classes and the state. The chapter also discusses the distortion of Marxist theory by opportunists and the false notion of the state as neutral and above classes.
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