Reply #25: Rather a vanguard party than a leader.

[blindpig]

Terrible mistake to put hope in one leader, one personality, what did that get the American people?

What made the difference in Russia was the Bolsheviks, who had discipline, organization and a program. That is how a revolution succeeds. Otherwise it is an outburst of frustration which will be crushed with no advancement of the cause. That Lenin was superb leader had as much to do with the Party and Marxist theory as his personal ability.

The understanding of Stalin and those years is massively distorted in this country, you are a historian, go to the source material. The Russian people are again subject to the dictatorship of capitalism and a significant portion yearn for 'the good old days'. We shall see.