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Bourgeoisie Resistance

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This may be because I'm new to all this literature, but I have a burning question. I understand the journey to communism as a circular one, one in which power is the main driving force. So, the proletariat revolution "smashes" the bourgeois state and takes control under a proletariat dictatorship. They need to have the control of the state in order to ward off and shatter the resistance of those formerly in power (the state). My question is when is it time for the dictatorship to dissolve? I know they talk about the whithering away. But, how is this to happen? Organically? Will those in power decide to give up their power? Power corrupts, are they capable of giving up this power? How do they know when to give up the power? How long must they wait for the bourgeoisie to give up their resistance in order to have a pure communist state? Centuries?Is this where countries such as Cuba are? Awaiting the resistance to die down?

I found it very interesting to think about resistance from the point of view of the bourgeoisie. Will they be as persistent as the masses? We don't expect the masses to give up when they are being oppressed, why should we expect those who have already tasted power to give up trying to get back on top?

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