State and Democracy

None of the political movements or revolutions has succeeded in eliminating the State, or in the least, diminishing the overpowering inevitability of its necessity. Karl Marx would have been disappointed to death if he had lived to see the rise and fall of one of the most promising revolutions ever: the Bolshevik Revolution. In his theories, he had formulated the dissolution of this institution. On the contrary, the Communist revolutions have always glorified the power of the State. The spirit of democracy says that the aim of any State should be its gradual disappearance into the hands of a self-responsible people. But in reality, there have been no substantial efforts to make the people self-responsible. And the basic reason for this, as it stands in front of me, is that the taste of power tends to corrupt one and all. But to the mind of a theorist, only a question appeals; is it really possible to push forward towards a State-less nation? As far as now, I do believe, yes. And for that, I strongly feel that we should initiate some process of attaining a ‘party less’ democratic system. “But, how?”, remains the query. Please do post your ideas. Well, as things stand in India, the State is endeavouring quite hard for its own vanquishment, but into private hands!