Nope nope nope. The word refers to a split within the radical socialist movement. They weren't claiming to be a popular majority.
In fact, Leninism differed from original Marxism in that Lenin's theory was that Marx's dream of mass revolution would never happen and that revolution needed to be driven by a small but competent and very driven revolutionaries. It was in no way a grassroots movement.
*Bolsheviks.
Bolshevik * Thanx!
So you guys know,
Bolshevik means “majority-ists” (collectivists who were in the majority).
And here’s the other thing about that: at the time, it’s quite possible they were actually the majority.
The scum demoralizing us are Not the majority.
Nope nope nope. The word refers to a split within the radical socialist movement. They weren't claiming to be a popular majority.
In fact, Leninism differed from original Marxism in that Lenin's theory was that Marx's dream of mass revolution would never happen and that revolution needed to be driven by a small but competent and very driven revolutionaries. It was in no way a grassroots movement.