> Date sent: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:26:14 -0500 (EST)
> From: Paul Zarembka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Ricardo Duchesne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Copies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: re: What Is to Be Done?
> > > I don't think Lenin thought the workers as "incapable" as described
> > > above. Maybe it is correct that spending 8-12 hours a day in a factory
> > > burns one's energy up, but...
> >
> > But...if they spend less time, and earn more, they will definitely
> > have no revolutionary consciousness.
>
> Ricardo, Is this your opinion or do you ascribe it to Lenin? I'm getting
> confused in what you are trying to say. I certainly do not agree with
> your sentence as written, for then there is really no point in any
> revolutionary politics, as any and all such politics is doomed to failure
> (the bourgeoisie would just buy the workers off).
Yes, my opinion, as attested by history.
> Paul
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