Max wrote:
> I take Leninism to be the idea of a centralized vanguard party
> that foments a socialist revolution in the U.S. by force of arms.
Then Lenin was not a Leninist.
^^^^ CB: Lenin/Leninism is several important developments of Marxism based on the developments of capitalism and the practice of Marxism. The _democratic_ centralist party ( essentially majority rule and the requirement that the minority adhere to the decisions of the majority after debate and vote) is one aspect. But the whole thesis of _Imperialism: the highest stage of capitalism_ is another special contribution of Lenin to Marxism. The concepts of monopoly, finance capital ( the merger of finance and industrial capital with finance dominant) monopoly concentration of wealth in the finance capital sector, et al. are pertinent to analysis of Wall Street today.