non-voters

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jan 16 08:30:26 PST 2003


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>That is a very important observation which underlies the importance of a
>"vanguard party" in organizing the masses. Without such a party, the
>masses are a reactionary mob, populist rhetoric and "noble savage"
>mythology notwithstanding.

Wow, if any short comment ever revealed the psychology of a vanguardist, this is it. The masses are too ignorant and stupid on their own and need to be "liberated" by an elite. Of course, if that elite comes to power, the contempt will endure, and prisons and firing squads will be the result. Lovely, Woj.

Doug



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