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Appeals of Communism Chapter The Politics of the Developing Areas 2. Year: File: PDF, 1. Confirm Cancel. Gabriel Abraham Almond. Volume in the series Princeton Legacy Library. Cite this. About this book This study, based on an extensive program of interviewing former American, British, French, and Italian Communists, provides many answers to these questions and gives a convincing insight into the motivations, tensions, and loyalties of Party members. Originally published in The Structure of Communist Communication Chapter 1.
Social and Psychological Characteristics Chapter 7. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. MIM is not going to have the kind of degeneration seen in the Stalin-era parties, because we are not running trade unions, hiring activists and then watching it all fall apart when wages increase sufficiently through reforms.
No doubt we have our own failings, just not that one. So to return to the question of how pluralism is the weapon of choice against the communist parties, Almond recognized over 50 years ago that people join communist parties for reasons other than the right ones.
He interviewed those who found it appalling to have their friendships limited to the party and who found it unhumyn to lose friendships with the people who quit the party. Here again the stress was on the voluntary and temporary character of bourgeois pluralism's commitments. Some things haven't changed One last point we see as the same is the standard of work. Leaders select themselves, not for intellect, but for beaver-like qualities.
One thing we would like to overcome though is the perception that intelligence and knowledge of theory do not matter. It's not hard to see how given a certain attitude in the communist movement, a Khruschev identifying himself as from a peasants' and workers' background strolled into power. Almond found that one reason for the attractiveness of parties was the basic idea that work determines status and that there is money for those who slave away, regardless of communist knowledge or other qualities of leadership.
This was connected up with the whole idea of running the trade unions and getting higher pay. It was a cohesive package. The problem with it as we saw with the self-liquidation of the party under Browder was that egalitarianism led to decline of theory, to the point where people forgot why they needed a party at all as opposed to hard work in trade unions. MIM is not going to have that combination of problems. We have evaded them. What remains true is this: "One of the reasons that FBI agents were so successful in getting into responsible positions was that there was a constant shortage of willing workers in the American party.
It's also another reason we need to put down any stupid stories circulating about people prevented from becoming leaders in the U. It's always just an excuse for lack of effort to blame those who are working. Almond's survey showed that even among ex-comrades, the situation was clear: there was no obstacle to becoming a communist leader except effort. Those who spread such stories aid the FBI in becoming a larger portion of our leadership.
People who apply themselves consistently can ignore everything else going on, because sooner or later they will become scientific communist leaders.
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