Can Lenin be considered a dictator? While the early Soviet State

Pretty sure that Lenin was the most liberal leader of our time

almost all "founders" can be considered dictator

>>1897929
>Can Lenin be considered a dictator?
I think not even he would have disagreed about that. Although he would argue he is just a tool legitimized by the proletariat and its vanguard - the party.

If you take a political science approach he sure as fuck was a dictator.

>>1897949
Left, not liberal.

Liberalism is actually capitalist by definition. /pol/ decries Hillary Clinton as far left, but she's still incredibly pro-business.

>>1898035
The DoP as defined by Lenin was collective and vaguely democratic

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>>1897929
Well, him and his party was supported by many Russian people and his power was divided by party and many bureaucracies, so I don't he could be considered as a "dictator"

He un-democratically came to power, that's for sure.

>inb4 triggered /pol/

>>1898163
What did Luxemburg mean when she said the vanguard should be democratic?

>>1898172
Much less bureaucracies, more involvement from the workers, more anarchism, probably.