It
would be foolish to expect the capitalist class to voluntarily give up
its privileged position in society. Governments exist solely to
administer the society as it exists, in the interests of the ruling
(capitalist) class, so governments will not end the privilege.
Capitalism will continue as long as the working class accepts it. The
working class will have to force the capitalist class to give up its
position of privilege.
Socialism
will be the result of workers democratically choosing a new, classless
society based upon the satisfaction of human needs. And since
capitalism is a global system of society, it must be replaced globally.
It
is dangerous and futile to follow those who support violence by workers
against the armed force of the state. Violent revolution has sometimes
meant different faces in the capitalist class, always meant dead
workers, and never meant the liberation of the working class. Unless
workers organize consciously and politically and take control over the
state machinery, including its armed forces, the state will be ensured
a bloody victory.
Political
democracy is the greatest tool (next to its labour-power) that the
working class has at its disposal. When the majority of workers support
socialism, so-called "revolutionary" war will not be required. The real
revolution is for workers to stop following leaders, to start
understanding why society functions as it does and to start thinking
for themselves.