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Leninism

You believe in the establishment of a classless, socialist society led by a vanguard party to achieve true equality and workers' control over the means of production.

Leninism is a political ideology that emerged from the theories and practices of Vladimir Lenin, a key figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917. It is a branch of Marxism that advocates for the establishment of a socialist state through a vanguard party of professional revolutionaries, who would act as leaders of the proletariat, or working class. Leninism is characterized by its emphasis on the role of the party in leading the revolution and establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat.

Leninism originated in the early 20th century, during a time of intense political and social uph…  

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