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Socialism and the state - Coggle Diagram
Socialism and the state
Revolutionary socialists
- Marx/ Engels
- State is a tool of the bourgeoisie and reinforce inqueality + the selfishness of capitalism
- Abolish the current state and replace it
In communism "the state would wither (disappear) away"
However, all revolutionary socialists or communist systems have had a large authoritarian state (e.g USSR, China, North Korea
Democratic socialism
- State expanded:
- Enforce/ help reforms: equality, redistribution
State can be used to reform capitalism:
- Redistribution of wealth
- Regulate
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Third way
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State should not do too much
- Use taxation to invest in education, training and health
Tensions questions
Revolutionary socialism
- The state has never withered away (disappears); it has increased
Third way
- Should the state support the "free market" and capitalism
Neo-Marxists
- Believe that democratic socialism and the Third Way are actually supporting the "old" burgeoisie system