I think this is more a matter of course when you don’t have the internet. Correct ideas among generally aligned people are more important when you’re already generally aligned, Lenin’s target audience wasn’t really right-wingers.
It’s an artifact of time, you see constant leftist infighting even now, because it is easier to get impassioned about people who mostly agree with you than it is to get impassioned about people entirely divorced from your worldview and conclusions.
I think this is more a matter of course when you don’t have the internet. Correct ideas among generally aligned people are more important when you’re already generally aligned, Lenin’s target audience wasn’t really right-wingers.
It’s an artifact of time, you see constant leftist infighting even now, because it is easier to get impassioned about people who mostly agree with you than it is to get impassioned about people entirely divorced from your worldview and conclusions.