endorses the use of state violence to coerce members of the proletariat who don’t support his cause
And that is distinct from the concept of the proletariat being the only class in control, aka dictatorship of the proletariat. Perhaps lenin or the translator did not do a good enough job separating the ideas, but they are seperate ideas, dictatorship of the proletariat stretching back to way before Lenin.
And that is distinct from the concept of the proletariat being the only class in control, aka dictatorship of the proletariat. Perhaps lenin or the translator did not do a good enough job separating the ideas, but they are seperate ideas, dictatorship of the proletariat stretching back to way before Lenin.