RockBottomLenin on Manufactured Consent
Isn’t that still better than only a single state-controlled media?
Of course, because only those two very specific options can/will/do exist.
What options did Lenin have in mind for an authoritarian communist state?
None. The goal was a classes, stateless society. The exact opposite of an authoritarian state.
This goal almost immediately collapsed when he found out not everyone agreed with him. Then he became an authoritarian so clearly he didn’t think they were opposites.