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It's actually worse than that. He actually said the Dictatorship of the Proletariat was over and they were now running a "Whole People's Party" as in supposedly representing the interests of the entire population, and he used this as cover for beginning the restoration of the bourgeoisie.

Yeah that was what I was half-remembering.

But part of my point is that even this dingbat revisionist and what was ultimately his substantial backing were all in the Party prior to the death of Stalin. Others, like Bukharin, were Old Bolsheviks themselves! This was a problem that wasn't started by some freak accident letting Khrushchev through, it was already consuming the Party before Khrushchev did anything and perhaps even before Stalin did.

Yes but I suspect the deaths of ww2 did a number on the extremely well read true believers of communism. Resulting in necessary compromises for the sake of simply having enough bodies to do everything.

I mean, come on, China's already got compulsory education requirements. If it's so important to have your definition of a good Marxist education, give it to people!

Fair point but I feel the examinations still need to be performed by the party. Additionally people need touch ups and re-examination if it's many years later as education really does atrophy over time if it's unused information, I can't remember any maths formulae that I definitely memorised for my exams and my French is atrocious but was alright back when I did exams.