p No question has been more confused by bourgeois sociologists than that of the state, Lenin pointed out, because no other question is as vital to the interests of the ruling classes. Bourgeois ideologists picture the state as some kind of supernatural force given to man by providence since time immemorial. It supposedly has no class character and is merely an innocuous “instrument of order”, an “arbiter” called upon to resolve disputes which may arise between people regardless of their class affiliation. Such a “theory” of the state serves to justify the privileges of the bourgeoisie and the existence of exploitation and capitalism.

Marxism-Leninism alone has scientifically explained the origin of the state, its essence and the role it plays in society’s life.