(T)he first step in the revolution by the working class is to raise the proletariat to the level of ruling class, to win the battle of democracy.There is no evidence that I have seen that contradicts Wilson’s contention that socialism and democracy are the same thing, as loathsome as Wilson is while making it.
— Communist Manifesto
What will be the course of this revolution? Above all it will establish a democratic constitution, and through this, the direct or indirect dominance of the proletariat.
— The Principles of Communism
(I)t is very clear that in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are almost, if not quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals.
— Woodrow Wilson, “Socialism and Democracy”
In modern times particularly in the United States through the Democratic Party, communism / socialism is defined bye the absolute power of the community to determine the destiny of other communities and the party being Supreme over constitutional and representative law.