Editing Communist state (section)

=== People's democratic state ===
The [[People's democracy (Marxism–Leninism)|people's democratic state]] was implemented in Eastern Europe after World War II.{{sfn|Skilling|1961|p=16}} It can be defined as a state and society in which feudal vestiges have been liquidated and where the system of private ownership exists, but the state-owned enterprises in the field of industry, transport, and credit eclipse it.{{sfn|Skilling|1961|p=21}}

In the words of [[Eugene Varga]], "the state itself and its apparatus of violence serve the interests, not of the monopolistic bourgeoisie, but of the toilers of town and country."{{sfn|Skilling|1961|p=21}} Soviet philosopher N. P. Farberov stated: "People's democracy in the people's republics is a democracy of the toiling classes, headed by the working class, a broad and full democracy for the overwhelming majority of the people, that is, a socialist democracy in its character and its trend. In this sense, we call it popular."{{sfn|Skilling|1961|p=21}}