http://www.marxists.org/archive/bord...-principle.htm Anyone have any thoughts on this?
I think that Bordiga's argument starts out rather weak at the beginning (such as criticizing democracy because it is "bourgeois" but not going further that) but towards the end of the article his argument gets much more concrete and good. I like how he views democracy, not as a principle but as a means to and ends. Again, his critique of workerism, syndicalism, etc. and showing the faults of immediatism and the superiority of the party system at the end is again where Bordiga's strength lies. His stance that the proletariat is not a homogeneous class and counter-revolutionary attitudes can still exist after the revolution is very important. I agree generally with Bordiga's concept of the party being a restrictive organization but I think within the party democracy should exist among party members.
This is probably my all time favorite piece by Bordiga.
