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	'''Bourgeois democracy''', or '''liberal democracy''', is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way that democratic institutions are composed of, accountable to and beneficial for the [[bourgeoisie]]. This allows the settlement of internal disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the state. These governments proclaim to be [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>		'''Bourgeois democracy''', or '''liberal democracy''', is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way that democratic institutions are composed of, accountable to and beneficial for the [[bourgeoisie]]. This allows the settlement of internal disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the state. These governments proclaim to be [[Democracy\|democratic]], despite the fact that the control a citizen has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>

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	[[Vladimir Lenin]] characterized the bourgeois idea of "democracy" as a "democracy for an insignificant minority" and a "democracy for the rich". He highlighted "legal" restrictions on suffrage, the control of [[Bourgeois media\|mass media]] by bourgeois institutions, and informal obstacles to exercising theoretical "rights" as examples of covert mechanisms intended to limit the genuine participation of the proletariat in democracy.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=The state and revolution\|chapter=The economic basis of the withering away of the state\|section=The transition from captialism to communism\|quote=Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society. If we look more closely into the machinery of capitalist democracy... we see restriction after restriction upon democracy. These restrictions, exceptions, exclusions, obstacles for the poor seem slight... but in their sum total these restrictions exclude and squeeze out the poor from politics, from active participation in democracy.\|city=Moscow\|publisher=Progress Publishers}}</ref> Lenin also emphasized that [[Parliamentarianism\|parliamentarism]] in a bourgeois democracy simply ~~enable~~ members within the [[ruling class]] to resolve power struggles ~~within themselves~~ more effectively, while the [[masses]] remain effectively repressed.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=The state and revolution\|chapter=Experience of the Paris Commune of 1871. Marx's analysis\|section=Abolition of parliamentarism\|quote=To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament — this is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarism, not only in parliamentary- constitutional monarchies, but also in the most democratic republics.\|city=Moscow\|publisher=Progress Publishers}}</ref>		[[Vladimir Lenin]] characterized the bourgeois idea of "democracy" as a "democracy for an insignificant minority" and a "democracy for the rich". He highlighted "legal" restrictions on suffrage, the control of [[Bourgeois media\|mass media]] by bourgeois institutions, and informal obstacles to exercising theoretical "rights" as examples of covert mechanisms intended to limit the genuine participation of the proletariat in democracy.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=The state and revolution\|chapter=The economic basis of the withering away of the state\|section=The transition from captialism to communism\|quote=Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society. If we look more closely into the machinery of capitalist democracy... we see restriction after restriction upon democracy. These restrictions, exceptions, exclusions, obstacles for the poor seem slight... but in their sum total these restrictions exclude and squeeze out the poor from politics, from active participation in democracy.\|city=Moscow\|publisher=Progress Publishers}}</ref> Lenin also emphasized that [[Parliamentarianism\|parliamentarism]] in a bourgeois democracy simply enables members within the [[ruling class]] to resolve their own power struggles more effectively, while the [[masses]] remain effectively repressed.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=The state and revolution\|chapter=Experience of the Paris Commune of 1871. Marx's analysis\|section=Abolition of parliamentarism\|quote=To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament — this is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarism, not only in parliamentary- constitutional monarchies, but also in the most democratic republics.\|city=Moscow\|publisher=Progress Publishers}}</ref>

	Writer [[Gore Vidal]] noted that there are no meaningful differences ~~between the~~ between the two major political parties in the United States, and that beneath ~~the~~ superficial distinctions, both are firmly committed to maintaining the interests of wealthy elites. He refers to this oligarchy as the "Property Party".<ref>{{Citation\|author=Gore Vidal\|year=1977\|title=Matters of Fact and of Fiction: Essays 1973-76\|page=268\|quote=There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party... it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.\|city=New York\|publisher=Random House}}</ref>		Writer [[Gore Vidal]] noted that there are no meaningful differences between the two major political parties in the United States, and that beneath their superficial distinctions, both are firmly committed to maintaining the interests of wealthy elites. He refers to this oligarchy as the "Property Party".<ref>{{Citation\|author=Gore Vidal\|year=1977\|title=Matters of Fact and of Fiction: Essays 1973-76\|page=268\|quote=There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party... it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.\|city=New York\|publisher=Random House}}</ref>

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	'''Bourgeois democracy''' is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way that democratic institutions are composed of, accountable to and beneficial for the [[bourgeoisie]]. ~~They tend to settle~~ disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the ~~government~~. These governments ~~tend~~ to ~~call themself~~ [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen ~~of these nations~~ has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>		'''Bourgeois democracy''', or '''liberal democracy''', is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way that democratic institutions are composed of, accountable to and beneficial for the [[bourgeoisie]]. This allows the settlement of internal disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the state. These governments proclaim to be [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>

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	=== Proportional representation ===		=== Proportional representation ===
	Proportional representation is an alternative electoral system that is used by most [[European Union\|EU]] countries, it is claimed by liberals who accept the faults of first past the post to be a fairer electoral system. This system works on a basis of control of a constituency being divided by the percentage of votes each party receives meaning it is rare for any one party to have the 50% of seats needed to control the government. This system usually leads to coalition governments between parties with similar views banding together to reach the 50% needed to form a government, allowing radical parties a higher chance of gaining power, although communist parties are usually excluded from this.<ref name=":0" />		Proportional representation is an alternative electoral system that is used by most [[European Union\|EU]] countries, it is claimed by liberals who accept the faults of first past the post to be a fairer electoral system. This system works on a basis of control of a constituency being divided by the percentage of votes each party receives meaning it is rare for any one party to have the 50% of seats needed to control the government. This system usually leads to coalition governments between parties with similar views banding together to reach the 50% needed to form a government, allowing radical parties a higher chance of gaining power, although communist parties are usually excluded from this.<ref name=":0" />

			== Assessments ==
			[[Vladimir Lenin]] characterized the bourgeois idea of "democracy" as a "democracy for an insignificant minority" and a "democracy for the rich". He highlighted "legal" restrictions on suffrage, the control of [[Bourgeois media\|mass media]] by bourgeois institutions, and informal obstacles to exercising theoretical "rights" as examples of covert mechanisms intended to limit the genuine participation of the proletariat in democracy.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=The state and revolution\|chapter=The economic basis of the withering away of the state\|section=The transition from captialism to communism\|quote=Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society. If we look more closely into the machinery of capitalist democracy... we see restriction after restriction upon democracy. These restrictions, exceptions, exclusions, obstacles for the poor seem slight... but in their sum total these restrictions exclude and squeeze out the poor from politics, from active participation in democracy.\|city=Moscow\|publisher=Progress Publishers}}</ref> Lenin also emphasized that [[Parliamentarianism\|parliamentarism]] in a bourgeois democracy simply enable members within the [[ruling class]] to resolve power struggles within themselves more effectively, while the [[masses]] remain effectively repressed.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=The state and revolution\|chapter=Experience of the Paris Commune of 1871. Marx's analysis\|section=Abolition of parliamentarism\|quote=To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament — this is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarism, not only in parliamentary- constitutional monarchies, but also in the most democratic republics.\|city=Moscow\|publisher=Progress Publishers}}</ref>

			Writer [[Gore Vidal]] noted that there are no meaningful differences between the between the two major political parties in the United States, and that beneath the superficial distinctions, both are firmly committed to maintaining the interests of wealthy elites. He refers to this oligarchy as the "Property Party".<ref>{{Citation\|author=Gore Vidal\|year=1977\|title=Matters of Fact and of Fiction: Essays 1973-76\|page=268\|quote=There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party... it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.\|city=New York\|publisher=Random House}}</ref>

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	'''Bourgeois democracy''' is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way as to settle disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the government. These governments tend to call themself [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen of these nations has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>		'''Bourgeois democracy''' is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way that democratic institutions are composed of, accountable to and beneficial for the [[bourgeoisie]]. They tend to settle disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the government. These governments tend to call themself [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen of these nations has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>

	== ~~Forms of bourgeois democracy~~ ==		== Voting systems ==

	=== First past the post ===		=== First past the post ===

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	'''Bourgeois democracy''' is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way as to settle disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the government. These governments tend to call themself [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen of these nations has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>		'''Bourgeois democracy''' is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way as to settle disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the government. These governments tend to call themself [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen of these nations has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>

			== Forms of bourgeois democracy ==

			=== First past the post ===
			First past the post is one of the oldest bourgeois democratic systems, and is the electoral system used by the [[United States of America\|USA]] and the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|UK]] among others. This system works on a winner takes it all basis meaning that if a party gets the most votes in a constituency they take control of the entire constituency, so a politician can get 100% of the control of a constituency with as little as 25% of the votes if the votes are sufficiently split. The party that controls at least 50% of these constituencies gains full control of the government until the next election. Although smaller parties can sometimes gain a seat, this system usually leads to an effective two party system as the population believes they have to vote for one of the two biggest parties or risk wasting their vote.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Proletarian writers\|newspaper=Proletarian\|title=What is really meant by the demand for a ‘general election now’?\|date=2022-12-05\|url=https://thecommunists.org/2022/12/05/news/what-really-meant-by-general-election-demand-sunak-tory-labour/\|retrieved=2023-12-29}}</ref>

			=== Proportional representation ===
			Proportional representation is an alternative electoral system that is used by most [[European Union\|EU]] countries, it is claimed by liberals who accept the faults of first past the post to be a fairer electoral system. This system works on a basis of control of a constituency being divided by the percentage of votes each party receives meaning it is rare for any one party to have the 50% of seats needed to control the government. This system usually leads to coalition governments between parties with similar views banding together to reach the 50% needed to form a government, allowing radical parties a higher chance of gaining power, although communist parties are usually excluded from this.<ref name=":0" />

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	'''Bourgeois democracy''' is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way as to settle disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the government. These governments tend to call themself [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen of these nations has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>		'''Bourgeois democracy''' is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way as to settle disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the government. These governments tend to call themself [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen of these nations has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>

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	'''Bourgeois ~~Democracy~~''', is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|~~Capitalist Economy~~]] in such a way as to settle disputes between the bourgeois without disrupting the overall power structure of the government. These governments tend to call themself [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen of these nations has over their government is minimal unless they are of the owning class.		'''Bourgeois democracy''' is a means of setting up a [[Capitalism\|capitalist economy]] in such a way as to settle disputes between the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] without disrupting the overall power structure of the government. These governments tend to call themself [[Democracy\|democratic]] despite the fact that the control a citizen of these nations has over their government is minimal unless they are of the [[Ruling class\|owning class]]. Bourgeois democracy does not benefit the majority of people and excludes the [[proletariat]] from power.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]\|year=1918\|title=“Democracy” and Dictatorship\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/dec/23.htm}}</ref>
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