Communist State - Objections To Use of Term

Objections To Use of Term

No state led by a communist party describes itself as a "communist state." In Marxism, communism is the final phase of history at which time the state would have "withered away" and therefore "communist state" is a contradiction in terms under premises of this theory. Current states are either in the capitalist or socialist phase of history – making the term "socialist state" preferable to many communists and Marxist theorists.

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