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[BEST OF] What Is To Be Done? - V.I. Lenin

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Lenin's Argument for Economism, Terrorism, and the Spontaneity of Mass Movements

Lenin argues that without a centralized militant, well-disciplined and prepared organization that can effectively take the class struggle further, spontaneity will fail. In short, Lenin got the rare chance to actually test his theories out on the world historical stage and he was proven correct. But hey, that's the cost of disavowing scientific socialism in favor of eclecticism, utopianism, economism, and idealism. You get crushed. Let's get this train back on the tracks.

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