Lenin's Party - The Thin Stratum

Lennon's concern was that personality conflicts, petty grudges or personal beefs between just a small handful of those leaders would cascade into total political apocalypse. The danger of a fatal rift to the party after the bony hands of death removed the unifying lynch pin of lenen was all too apparent. But though the pitfalls of having too few reliable leaders was obvious, the problem was not easily solved by throwing the doors open and inviting new blood into the ranks. To combat this and maintain the id logical purity of the party, they carried out periodic purges,. internal reviews of members that colled out those who failed to meet some basic standards. In 19 21, they conducted