Lenin's Vision of a People's Will Style Ali Vanguard Party

Lenin's understanding of historical materialism meant that the revolution would ultimately be a mass movement. But it was still never meant to be a jacobin style revolutionary dictatorship. This was all about the people rising up from below, rather than a small group of elite revolutionaries issuing decrees from above. The move to london marked the end of whatever honeymoon period they all enjoyed together. Plehanof and axlerod still living in switzerland, started to recognize how little influence they had on the daily running of the operation. While lenin proceeded to take on an even greater role. He and krupsk continued to lead the project of organizing and operate agents back in russia.