The Dictatorship of the Proletariat in Marxism is a state in which the working class, rather than the elite, has political power. It is not dictatorship in the sense of being ruled by a despot, such as Hitler or Stalin, rather, the rule of a class. The United States is not truly a democracy, since the rich control the media and finance political campaigns, therefore rich people have too much influence. For these reasons Marxists feel, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat is actually, in a way, closer to democracy.