[lbo-talk] The "Vulture Theory" of Socialism

[Gar Lipow]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Bhaskar
Sunkara<bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://theactivist.org/blog/the-vulture-theory-of-socialism
> This article came to fruition after I fused together a few disparate rough
> drafts.  Wouldn't mind criticisms (it makes me feel self-important).
>
> ~ Bhaskar
> ___________________________________


>  Even if it was possible for a vanguard of leftists to take advantage of a revolutionary situation, it would not be desirable.

What about if a non-vanguard popular movement of leftists? Would you
say that is not desirable too? For that matter, can you really argue
that there no cases where vanguard of leftists taking advantage of a
revolutionary situation is not at least a lesser evil?