The Psychology of Bolshevism

Perhaps it is worth mentioning at the outset that John Spargo makes a distinction between Bolshevism and Marxism, on the one hand, and between Soviets and Bolshevism on the other hand. The Bolshevists, according to the author, have aped Marx without really understanding his philosophy. Marxism after all was an intellectual system designed to vindicate the rights of the masses without denying great differences in men. Bolshevism, to quote from the book, is a composite of the following charac...