Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a political transition period in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat.
It’s almost like Marx said there’s going to be a transition period to becoming a fully communist state. Purity testing at its finest right here.
Marx, Critique of the Gotha Programme
So why does the parent comment have a bunch of upbears? “Must be the libs” or is it something else?