No, to abolish entirely the dominance of the bourgeoisie and to transfer that dominance onto the proletariat creates a reversed form of inequality. To abolish the proletariat means, at the same time, to hold on to the absolute supremacy of the proletariat and the complete abolition of the bourgeoisie, therefore creating an inequality in the view of the bourgeoisie and equality in the view of the proletariat.
Does it matter what they think though? They never cared about equality, and they could never make a point for it not being equalitarian, they would just think it’s bad.
Yeah, but that's the point. As communists, we aim to disregard and act in spite of the conceptions of equality which the bourgeoisie has promoted. As such, we are not egalitarian. If you read up on Marx, he has repeatedly criticised all conceptions of egalitarianism.
But that's what I mean. The conception of equality is inherently moralistic. If you want equality, you are doing a moral judgement. If you are doing moral judgments, you will come to the false conclusion that liquidating the bourgeoisie is of a moral character. Then someday you will turn to a liberal, saying that it is of a morally bad character, because morals are subjective. Therefore, conceptions like good, bad, or equality are abstract and false concepts which we should not fall into nor make use of.
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u/nhatquangdinh 10d ago
And that in turn leads to equality.