Political power stems from the ownership and control of wealth. If most of the wealth is owned and controlled nowadays by the capitalist class then they have most of the politcal power. Only when the ownership of wealth is socialized i.e. the product is controlled by the producers, is a democracy (rule of the people) possible. Until then, the government remains a dictatorship of one class or another.
Mike B)
===== ***************************************************************** "the Council Republic is not the culmination of everything, and even less does it stand for the most perfect form in which humans can live together. However the Council Republic is a prerequisite for the reconstruction of culture, because it makes possible the liquidation of the state,. It must be the task of the revolutionary of today to work for the Council system and the Council Republic". (Der Ziegelbrenner)
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