In capitalist society, under the conditions most favorable … - Vladimir Lenin

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In capitalist society, under the conditions most favorable to its development, we have more or less complete democracy in the democratic republic. But this democracy is always restricted by the narrow framework of capitalist exploitation and consequently always remains, in reality, a democracy for the minority, only for the possessing classes, only for the rich. Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave owners

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About Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ленин), born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ульянов) (22 April 1870 (10 April (O.S.)) – 21 January 1924) was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik communist party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union and the main theorist of Leninism. He married the revolutionary Nadezhda Krupskaya in 1898.

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Pen Names: Ленин • Ильин • Н. Ленин • Старик • К. Тулин • Lenin

Native Name: Владимир Ильич Ленин

Alternative Names: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin • Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov • Vladimir Il'ich Lenin • Vladimir Il'ich Ul'yanov • V. I. Ul'yanov • V. I. Lenin • Vladimir Ulyanov • Vladimir Ul'yanov • V. I. Ulyanov • Vl llyin • Владимир Ильич Ульянов

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Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners.

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