Writes Mark Boberg: Lew, It occurred to me, from some history lesson somewhere in my hazy past, that the process of having only the inner party circle select the leaders (or candidates) was actually what distinguished the Bolshevik Communists in Russia at the time of the October Russian Revolution from the Mensheviks (who believed in inviting a broad number of party supporters to participate) or the social or liberal democrats, who believed in elections where the people generally participated in selecting leaders and governments. The success of the Bolsheviks in taking over Russia and denying the broader participation in selecting … Continue reading Bolshevik Method of Selecting Leaders