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What does it mean?
Lenin claims that becoming a Communist requires enriching one's mind with humanity's cultural treasures.
In plain terms
Communist education needs knowledge of human cultural achievements.
What can you take from it?
Broad cultural knowledge is a prerequisite for communism.

Where it applies

  • political education
  • self-improvement

Putting it to work

  • study world literature
  • learn scientific milestones

Questions to consider

  • What role does culture play in political identity?
  • Can one be a communist without extensive cultural education?

Another view

Cultural knowledge alone does not guarantee ideological commitment.

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