[dragonwriter]

> You should go read the writings pre-Bolshevik revolution to get an idea.

Oh, if your just talking about Leninist vanguardism a d it's Stalinist, Maoist, etc. descendants, sure.

But that's not all of post-Marx Communist thought, and its a subset that shares common and fundamental deviations from Marx, and it's been criticized by non-Leninist Communists since day one.