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11. Why are Communist countries all one-party dictatorships?
WHAT IS POLITICS?
What Is Socialism?
The two most popular forms of socialism, Marxism and anarchism, were expressly against the state even existing. Both the anarchists and Karl Marx believed that the state was by definition an instrument that was used by one class of people to oppress and exploit the rest of the population. Therefore, in a communist, classless society, there could be no state because no one would be controlling anyone else. The workers would hold on to the state until the former owners became assimilated into the working class.
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