Chris : The peasants are so revolting. Yukky
Tahir : Yes, and we are so sophisticated. Ohhlala
--- Tahir Wood <twood at uwc.ac.za <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk> > wrote:
>
> Tahir: Undoubtedly true. I find myself amazed at the
> vulgarity of some
> of Lenin's notions. Like: socialism = soviets plus
> electrification or:
> socialism = the banks taken over by the people's
> state, etc.
Yes, it's unbelievable how unsophisticated the Bolsheviks could be. I cannot believe how people in the West have managed to recast Lenin and Trotsky as brilliant intellectuals.
> Tahir: I'm not sure that this part is true at all.
> Peasant populism?
> Where do you find this in Lenin, for example?
>