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{{quotebox|[[Democratic]] centralism is in essence a [[dictatorship]]—"a dictatorship of all [[revolution]]ary classes," in [[Mao]]'s words—power would be concentrated in the hands of a few in order to guarantee that all class interests are represented. In other words, the centralization of authority was meant to guarantee that all levels of society are represented rather than the interests of the majority, which is the case in a "bourgeois" democracy. [http://wsu.edu/~dee/MODCHINA/MAO.HTM] }} | {{quotebox|[[Democratic]] centralism is in essence a [[dictatorship]]—"a dictatorship of all [[revolution]]ary classes," in [[Mao]]'s words—power would be concentrated in the hands of a few in order to guarantee that all class interests are represented. In other words, the centralization of authority was meant to guarantee that all levels of society are represented rather than the interests of the majority, which is the case in a "bourgeois" democracy. [http://wsu.edu/~dee/MODCHINA/MAO.HTM] }} | ||
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Revision as of 14:54, July 28, 2016
Democratic centralism is in essence a dictatorship—"a dictatorship of all revolutionary classes," in Mao's words—power would be concentrated in the hands of a few in order to guarantee that all class interests are represented. In other words, the centralization of authority was meant to guarantee that all levels of society are represented rather than the interests of the majority, which is the case in a "bourgeois" democracy. [1]