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Building a Scalable Organization
- Build connections between socialist intellectuals and worker groups within factories.
- Create a scalable organization to grow with the proletariat and become a mass majority party.
Propagandizing vs. Agitation
- Early socialist strategies involved 'propagandizing,' which meant intensive education of select workers.
- This method was slow and inefficient, potentially taking thousands of years to achieve a revolution.
Martov's Early Life and Influences
- Julius Martov, born into a Jewish family in Constantinople, moved to Odessa at age four.
- Experiencing antisemitism fostered sympathy for marginalized groups, shaping his revolutionary views.