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Why has the base of support for communist movements and revolutions historically been illiterate/uneducated peasants and unskilled laborers? Is communism dependent on the ignorance and stupidity of the masses to succeed?
Upper and middle classes very rarely support radical political movements on a large scale because they're invested in the current system.
>>458454
>communism preaches the death of the upper class in favour of the lower class
>why do members of the upper class not support it?
>why do members of the lower class support it?
Also, plenty of educated people were marxist back in the day. Today almost none are.
>>458454
>Why has the base of support for communist movements and revolutions historically been illiterate/uneducated peasants and unskilled laborers?
These are the people communism seeks to help.
>Is communism dependent on the ignorance and stupidity of the masses to succeed?
That and people who know what they're doing at the helm, which is what the Pseudo-Marxists of today think they'll be when in reality they'll be one of the first to be torn apart.
>>458454
>Why has the base of support for communist movements and revolutions historically been illiterate/uneducated peasants and unskilled laborers?
It hasn't been.
Never mind that "base support" is a meaningless concept.
There have been two large bodies of recruitment for communist groups.
Small useless sects and parliamentary talk shops tend to recruit bourgeois, managerial and supervisory staff. Examples include the Bolshevik party prior to 1917.
Mass parties tend to be based in the dominant working class activities of the day. Historically, however, their leaderships have had the composition of the sects above. Examples include the CPA, CPNZ, ALP, NZLP, UKLP, CPUSA during its non-sect periods, PCF, PCd'I, PCI, CPGB and on.
>>458477
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>>458454
what you said can be said about any popular system. In the deep south of the U.S.A, plenty of poor masses support the right-wing republican party and the tea-party movement.
Poor does not imply stupid, and wealthy does not imply smart.
>>458703
>cites cia/fbi orgs
>>458454
>communism propagates the equal distribution of values
>why does the poor support it?
>why does the rich and educated doesn't?
>>458745
>>cites cia/fbi orgs
If you're too sectarian to recognise the proletarian base then you're going to have problems organising with fellow workers.
>>458752
What about jews
>>458759
So you think the cia is communist?
