Re: M-TH: Lenin and the working class

[Socialist Party]

LO All,   >>Consequently it would seem that Lenin's vanguardist elitism was a necessary tool.   But the theory of the vanguard is predicated on Lenin's (false) assumption of an inherently revolutionary working class - i.e. that if the working class is objectively revolutionary, then the actions of the vanguard on their behalf - whether they consciously want it or not - is the fulfillment of their historical role.   Strangely, this is also the argument used by many rapists.