Original sentence: A Communist republic like Fidel Castro's Cuba has many "popular comittees" to allow participation from citizens on a very basic level, without much of a far reaching political power resulting from that.That is, notwithstanding that on an ideological level Marxism and communism sought to empower proletarians.This approach to democracy is sometimes termed Basic democracy, but the term is contentious: the intended result is often something in between direct democracy and grassroots democracy, but connotations may vary
Edited sentence: A Communist republic like Fidel Castro's Cuba has many "popular comittees" to allow participation from citizens on a very basic level, but no actual opportunity for advancement or systematic change.This approach to democracy is sometimes termed Basic democracy, but the term is a contentious: the intended result is often something in between direct democracy and grassroots democracy, but connotations may vary.This is true in spite of an ideological bias in Marxism and Communism to "empower" proletarians