Simon Brooke on Nostr: Where did the idea of a "Vanguard Party" – that the proles were essentially too ...
Where did the idea of a "Vanguard Party" – that the proles were essentially too stupid, too imbued with false consciousness, to know what was good for them, and that consequently an elite revolutionary cadre must seize power and govern on their behalf – first emerge? Was it Lenin, was it Marx, was it Paris Commune, was it earlier?
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