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10.73- Zeno's Revolution

Revolutions

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Bolsheviks and the Central Committee

Despite portrayals of the bolshevik party as some kind of hyper disciplined, dictatorial extension of lenin's will, that's never how they worked in practice. Different sections and committees disagreed with each other. Orders going from the top down were not followed. Demands coming from the bottom up forced the leaders to alter their plans. Kaminef thought the whole thing was a bad idea. Not only was an insurrection too risky, it was pointless. So why do something incredibly risky like stage an uprising when the party was just weeks away from peacefully winning majorities?

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