Almost every democratic structure practices Democratic Centralism, it just means the group is bound to the democratic results.
Soviet Democracy. Workers elect delegates from among themselves, who can then be subject to instant recall elections at any time. Remove the "career politician" aspects from government.
Why not? It absolutely did.
Those Capitalist concessions are weakening in Social Democracies, and were only ever brought about by fear of revolt. The USSR paved the way for it.
Either the wall or the house because the people going in the doors happily add termites.
Wow, you're telling me the people who were brainwashed into believing their country is the best (not saying it doesn't happen nowadays (cough cough USA), voted to retain it?
"Brainwashing" narratives are false, thought-terminating cliches. The people supported the economic system that had free healthcare and education, doubled life expectancies, dramatic improvements in science, made it to space, rapidly industrialized, and dramatically reduced inequality. The idea that they were simply "brainwashed" is an idealist, anti-materialist analysis.
In my country (Romania) the only point I hear people praising the communist regime about is infrastructure. Why? Because, as it turns out, it's much easier to build infrastructure when you have ~~slaves~~ prisoners which you don't have to pay. Of course, the corruption in our post-communist government doesn't help either.
Even prisoners were paid in the USSR for forced labor, this is ahistorical.
I agree, capitalism is VERY far from ideal, but, please, stop glazing the USSR regime just because it was "communist".
I don't glaze the USSR, I dispel lies and myths about it in defense of Actually Existing Socialism.
Capitalism is changing, yes, but towards Monopoly Capitalism, aka Imperialism, not feudalism. Centralization of Capitalism isn't the same as feudalism.
Because the Nazis were Anticommunist, antisocialist Capitalists.
The State is the weapon by which any class asserts their control, not the other way around.
No, as the Petite Bourgeoisie are proletarianized by the formation of Monopoly Capitalism, the Petite Bourgeoisie aligns with the Bourgeoisie against the Proletariat, who at the time gain class consciousness and are increasingly sympathetic to Socialism and Communism. Fascism is a defense mechanism against Communism.
Not really. Capitalism was born from feudalism, but is entirely different in character.
The vast majority of Eastern Europeans wished the USSR never dissolved. Furthermore, the vast majority of people voted to retain the USSR, then it was dissolved anyways.
Why do you say "historically it has not worked," then vaguely gesture towards people who believe it very much did work better than their current Capitalism?