This is like a bully punching their victim and then telling them “why are you hitting yourself”. No, a violent revolution is an integral part of Marxism. No society is going to destroy it’s functioning system willingly. Even if capitalism failed, which it hasn’t, Marxism is not the logical replacement. Literally only Marxists believe that it is, and most people aren’t Marxists.

Marxism is not destroying a system, but replacing it and moving beyond. Capitalism is failing and continues to see increased disparity over time.

Killing the bourgeoisie is not a step, but it’s a pretty implicit part of process. Under his class definition, somebody like a lawyer owning their own firm and hiring a couple secretaries makes them a part of the bourgeoise. That’s not a billionaire, that’s an average person who made good choices in their life. The same goes for someone who owns their own convivence store and hires a couple of part timers. These type of people aren’t going to give up their livelihoods in the name of some brain dead ideology. Why would they? So what the Marxist solution for this? You can’t just let these people be because the ideology revolves around total control of a society. If people can opt out of Marxism then most people would and the ideology would collapse. The only viable solution is to forcefully seize their life work. That’s if they cooperate, what if they don’t? What if they resist Marxist tyranny? Well it’s simple, if they resist then they’re counterrevolutionaries who ought to be killed.

Petite bourgeoisie have more to gain under Socialism than they would under Capitalism, typically. Secondly, managing to be a lawyer with a firm is not simply “a good choice,” it takes luck and a safety net that allows for that. The idea that most people would opt out of Socialism is historically inaccurate as well. All in all, you’re deeply goofy here.

Marx thought of the state as tool of the ruling class, which is a very flawed view in it’s own right, but I digress. In his view, the institutions of the state, aka the state apparatus, are all tools used by bourgeoisie to maintain class domination. He had the state apparatus split into two categories, the first is the “repressive” institutions such as the government, police, courts, and military and the second is the “ideological” institutions like schools, media, churches, etc. If a Marxist revolution were to happen all these institutions, ranging from a state run university all the way to the supreme court would be on the chopping block. The job of a government is maintain the status quo, the job of the police is to enforce the current laws, the job of the courts is to uphold the current laws, the job of the military to protect all these institutions from existential threats. Perhaps not all of them will be literally burnt down, but the point remains that the ultimate goal of Marxism is to get rid of these institutions all together because that’s what communism seeks to establish, a stateless society.

You’re inserting your own conclusions here, yet again. These instutitions would be removed or replaced, sure, but not firebombed. You can see historical Marxist revolutions to know that wasn’t accurate.

Calling it democratic is a pretty big stretch because the idea itself is flawed. Marx wanted the proletariat to be directly involved in the decision making process but also have the decision making process be centralized. The only way that’s possible is via direct democracy but that’s not feasible in any society that’s not on the scale of a small tribe. The alternative would be to do it by representative democracy, which would mean a one party dictatorship similar to the CPSU or the CCP.

Representative democracy is still democracy, I cannot believe you are genuinely suggesting otherwise.

Why a one party dictatorship? Because that’s the only way it would work in this context. A Marxist revolution will never be a result of civil unrest, it will always be a result of a political faction trying takeover the government. That faction will have leaders who will lead the violent revolution. That faction will become dictatorship of the proletariat. Since politics is divisive by it’s nature, it’s safer for the revolution for that faction to claim to be the one and only legitimate one and all other attempts are counterrevolutionary. That way they get to enjoy all the power, silence dissents, avoid civil war or coups, and implement all the tyrannical policies as they see fit.

Oh, more historical inaccuracy. Marxist revolutions have been because of civil unrest, which is why they were supported by the mahority of people. Secondly, you’re asserting that a party cannot be controlled democratically by the general public, and that the general public cannot enter the party, which is also wrong.

That is not what is found in America. If you’re trying to be fictitious and hyperbolic then okay I guess, but if you’re trying to pass this off as some sort of fact then you’re off the rails.

America is a dictatorship of the bourgeoise as described by Marx. The state is run by parties that are nearly entirely funded by wealthy Capitalists, with media funded by wealthy Capitalists that manufacture consent in the general public. This is basic Marxism here, not understanding what Marx meant has been a core issue with your entire argument.

Democratic for who exactly? Take the US as an example. Around 66% of Americans are homeowners. Around 58% own stocks. About 17 million own their own business. Around 99.9% of businesses in the country are small businesses which employ around 46% of the workforce, 80% of those are mom and pop business that have 0-9 employees (a good chunk of which are family members). All these people and many more are going to be quite pissed to have their property seized. Putting the majority of society in a worse position by force isn’t democracy, that’s tyrann

Democratic for the people. Owning stocks doesn’t make you bourgeois, neither does owning your home. Petite bourgeoisie are suppressed by larger bourgeoisie into the proletariat.

Secondly, the idea that the average worker with a 401k would be upset to not have to worry about saving for retirement ever again, with higher wages and free healthcare, education, and shorter work weeks is silly.

Both of those phrases are perfectly accurate descriptions of the proposed transitional government. You simply not liking them because you’re a Marxist doesn’t invalidate their use here.

“It’s accurate because I say it is.”

Wtf are you talking about? Communism is a utopia by definition. It is an imaginary society where everything works perfectly. Communism is about a perfect society where there’s no money, no state, no exploitation, no classes, no scarcity, no property, no disagreements on the idea of common ownership, an abundance of everything that will be distributed accordingly from ability to need, and everybody gets to hold hands while they dance, singe, and fart rainbows. Marx and Engles, and their followers can pretend that their utopia is not like the other girls all they want, but it ultimately is. Utopias aren’t realistic you can’t have a perfect or near perfect society in a non perfect world. There’s a reason why these brain dead utopia driven ideologies always fail while more pragmatic ideologies always succeed. You can’t run societies off of fantasies.

You’re certainly adding on a lot of shit that Communists have never suggested. Communism would have scarcity, public property, disagreements on ideas, and more. You’re correct in saying it would no longer have the oppressive elements of the state, nor would it have Money or classes, but the way that works is via tracking labor inputs and outputs. Marx makes it pretty clear in Critique of the Gotha Programme. You added on a bunch of unsupported baggage and said your fantasy version of a proposed society can’t exist.

In order for that to happen, the government has to actively work on dismantling itself and it’s institutions… and that doesn’t happen. Governments don’t give up their power. The communist utopia will always be just right around the corner, but never actually there. Also Marx defines the government as one of the institutions in the state apparatus, which would eventually get dismantled and “wither away”. Even if there was a government under communism, it literally cannot function without the other institutions of the state like the police to enforce it’s laws, courts to uphold it’s laws, the military to protect it, it’s own media to promote it, and so on.

No, government does not need to actively work on dismantling their institutions. Withering away does not mean the government eating parts of itself. Redundant systems get phased out over time in the modern day all the time. Communism would have police, courts, and so forth as well.