The Soviet Communist Party also had millions of members, but we all know how that ended - hardly with a bang and a whimper.
Folks join not for ideology but for the social standing and future career prospects - you not going to be a senior bureaucrat or military officer if you ain't a member.
Folks join not for ideology but for the social standing and future career prospects - you not going to be a senior bureaucrat or military officer if you ain't a member.