The name itself, Politburo, implies a [[collective]] leadership, yet by-laws have been amended at times to allow for a single-person [[dictatorship]]. [[Joseph Stalin]] was given power to appoint members to the Politburo. There is no system of [[checks and balances]], such as the [[American constitution]] provides which the [[far left]] dominated [[Democratic party]] wishes to abrogate. | The name itself, Politburo, implies a [[collective]] leadership, yet by-laws have been amended at times to allow for a single-person [[dictatorship]]. [[Joseph Stalin]] was given power to appoint members to the Politburo. There is no system of [[checks and balances]], such as the [[American constitution]] provides which the [[far left]] dominated [[Democratic party]] wishes to abrogate. |