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And he drops this bomb on us. The workers should strive not only for a single and undivided German republic, but the most vigorous centralization of power in the hands of the state.

And he drops this bomb on us. The workers should strive not only for a single and undivided German republic, but the most vigorous centralization of power in the hands of the state.

That doesn't sound very power to the people.

That doesn't sound very power to the people.

So Marx is actually advocating for a super strong centralized state.

So Marx is actually advocating for a super strong centralized state.

Oh, I bet.

Oh, I bet.

Yeah, keeping it local.

Yeah, keeping it local.

It was the only way.

It was the only way.

So Lenin's not pulling this out of thin air.

So Lenin's not pulling this out of thin air.

He's building on ideas that were already there.

He's building on ideas that were already there.

Which brings us to that phrase that always sends chills down my spine.

Which brings us to that phrase that always sends chills down my spine.

The dictatorship of the proletariat.

The dictatorship of the proletariat.