It’s a surprise to hear of a "populist" movement led by a explicitly self-described (?)

… to Lenin’s program was his concept of a vanguard party that would lead and control the revolution. His idea was that the uneducated proletariat could not, on their own, develop the consciousness and ideology necessary to bring about the goal of communism. They were capable only of forming trade unions and taking industrial action to compel the governmen…
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Alex Bennett
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Feb 5, 2025
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It’s a surprise to hear of a "populist" movement led by a explicitly self-described (?) "elite." Historically, don't populist leaders describe themselves as being "one of the people" however dishonest that might be?
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