POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Vladimir Lenin, Secret Police
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British established this in the 19th century, was the peak of liberalisms appeal. Liberal institiutions develop even where social bias isn"t present. Hungary tried to copy this system and failed. These systems did not work because most people were poor and illiterate. Election were corrupt, same party voted in again and again. The franchise (right to vote) started with the working class, barriers (racial, gender etc. ) were broken. Lenin said workers were only capable of trade union consciousness . Lenin didn"t agree with marx, capitalism was necessary. Marx felt socialsm developed the means of. Vladimir lenin was a russian revolutionary in socialism. Russia was still run by a king. The czar would arrest his opponents, socialst parties had t be underground. The working class in russia was a minority, it was not ideal for this revolution. High illiteracy rates and low percentage of people living in urban areas.