Quote Originally Posted by Lemminkäinen View Post
Real communism never existed. What we saw in East Europe was socialism state capitalism. Lenin said that socialism is an essential phase to reach communism and it is necessary to centralize before it is possible reach equality. Bull shit, he knew that power corrupts everyone. But of course, there was also good things.
Michels's theory states that all complex organizations, regardless of how democratic they are when started, eventually develop into oligarchies. Michels observed that since no sufficiently large and complex organization can function purely as a direct democracy, power within an organization will always get delegated to individuals within that group, elected or otherwise.
Iron law of oligarchy