According to Lenin, revolutionary organizations should consist mainly of people who...

According to Lenin, revolutionary organizations should consist mainly of people who...

• A. Soldiers trained in insurrection
• B. Professionals who make revolutionary activity their occupation
• C. Foreign diplomats seeking alliance with the government
• D. Intellectuals who study capitalism

Answer: (B)

Lenin argued that a revolutionary organization must be built around professional revolutionaries—people who devote themselves full-time to revolutionary work. This cadre is needed to provide continuous leadership, strategic planning, discipline, and the ability to act quickly and coherently across the masses. The idea is that only a trained, dedicated core can educate the rest of the working class, coordinate actions, and push the movement from agitation to organized seizure of power when the moment is ripe. Spontaneous or loosely organized actions usually fail to topple a state as strong as the ruling one, so a committed, professional group is seen as essential. The other options don’t fit this view because they emphasize either military insurrection, diplomacy, or mere theoretical study rather than sustained, organized political action by a dedicated group.

Lenin argued that a revolutionary organization must be built around professional revolutionaries—people who devote themselves full-time to revolutionary work. This cadre is needed to provide continuous leadership, strategic planning, discipline, and the ability to act quickly and coherently across the masses. The idea is that only a trained, dedicated core can educate the rest of the working class, coordinate actions, and push the movement from agitation to organized seizure of power when the moment is ripe. Spontaneous or loosely organized actions usually fail to topple a state as strong as the ruling one, so a committed, professional group is seen as essential.

The other options don’t fit this view because they emphasize either military insurrection, diplomacy, or mere theoretical study rather than sustained, organized political action by a dedicated group.