Ep 3.8 - The State and Revolution, Chapter Three

<p>After some necessary detours to learn about the Paris Commune and, um, the Gucci family, Jamie and Jorge return to State and Rev for a deep dive on Chapter 3. Drawing from the experience of the Paris Commune, Lenin explains the necessity of smashing the bourgeois state machinery and replacing it with a &quot;dictatorship of the proletariat,&quot; a.k.a. the proletariat organized as the ruling class. What does this mean? What does it look like? Can the state really just wither away? J+J discuss.</p> <p>Chapter 3:</p> <p><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch03.htm#s3">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch03.htm#s3</a></p> <p>Viewpoint Mag article referenced by Jamie:</p> <p><a href="https://viewpointmag.com/2014/10/12/the-ends-of-the-state/">https://viewpointmag.com/2014/10/12/the-ends-of-the-state/</a></p> <p>Sign up as a &quot;fan&quot; on here or a patron at <a href="Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!</p>