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Dictatorship of the majority

Name(s):

Dictatorship of the proletariat

Nature

Majority control in decision-making without taking account of minority interests or rights may lead to conformism and may involve social or political dictatorship, or take the form of forced assimilation of cultural and other groups. Dictatorship of the majority may be nominal, embodied in the policies of a dictator or ruling clique with indirect approval from the majority. It may take the form of totalitarianism.

Broader

Dictatorship

Collectivism

Majority rule mindset

Blocked minority opinion

Contradictions in communist systems

Reduces

Unbridled individualism

Lack of participation in development

Aggravates

Conformism ^{[in 4 loops]}

Social fragmentation ^{[in 2 loops]}

Aggravated by

Populism

Forced assimilation

Reduced by

Conflict among minority groups

Undemocratic political organization

Strategy(ies)

Authenticating majority rule

Undermining dictatorship of the majority

Value(s)

Dictatorship

Type

(D) Detailed problems

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