Lenin cites this concept from Marx early in “State and Revolution.” To me, it implies that socialist states can be reformed from within to achieve communism, whereas under capitalism revolution is necessary to build socialism. I do not understand this at all. What makes post-capitalist society special in this respect? Am I misinterpreting something?
A state is a tool for class oppression.
In a bourgeois society, it is used by the bourgeoisie to oppress all other classes.
In a socialist society, it is used by the proletariat to oppress the bourgeoisie.
In a communist society, all classes other than the proletariat will be gone (only one class is equivalent to no classes), so a state cannot exist unless new classes emerge.
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