We love our language and our country, and we are doing our very utmost to raise her toiling masses (i.e., nine-tenths of her population) to the level of a democratic and socialist consciousness.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Lenin urges raising the working masses to a democratic socialist consciousness.
- In plain terms
- Educate workers to adopt socialist democracy.
- What can you take from it?
- Political awareness empowers the majority.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you measure a consciousness shift?
- What methods best reach the masses?
Another view
Mass education can be resisted by entrenched elites.
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