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[Bradford DeLong]

>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

Even I think your PotR slip is showing, Doug...


:-)

Brad DeLong