Tankies are people who are ostensibly communists or other leftists but believe in a vanguard and that it is acceptable for the vanguard to use violence to maintain a monopoly on political power and to maintain control over the Working Class. Tankies don’t believe that the Working Class can be trusted with self-determination or with control over the means of production.
The vanguard is the formalized segment of the working class that has trained in revolutionary theory and practice, and which has been trusted by the rest of the working class as the spearhead of the revolution. The vanguard is not over the working class, but is merely a segment of it, and as such are usually mass organizations with huge numbers of members.
What you’re saying is similar to saying the Union is above the workers and doesn’t trust the workers to advocate for better pay, benefits, and working conditions.
Tankies are people who are ostensibly communists or other leftists but believe in a vanguard and that it is acceptable for the vanguard to use violence to maintain a monopoly on political power and to maintain control over the Working Class. Tankies don’t believe that the Working Class can be trusted with self-determination or with control over the means of production.
The vanguard is the formalized segment of the working class that has trained in revolutionary theory and practice, and which has been trusted by the rest of the working class as the spearhead of the revolution. The vanguard is not over the working class, but is merely a segment of it, and as such are usually mass organizations with huge numbers of members.
What you’re saying is similar to saying the Union is above the workers and doesn’t trust the workers to advocate for better pay, benefits, and working conditions.