Needs A Criticism Section Considering that the theory being described here was demonstrably utter bilge the narrative of imperialist exploitation for instance is not so much wrong as in the not even wrong category which resulted in the deaths and persecutions of uncountable millions it s rather staggering that there isn t one of wikipedia s popular criticisms sections anywhere It s like describing Nazism without critical discussion of the errors of the programme and its appalling consequences Lenin was that most tragic of a historical figures a nutball who disastrously gained power with devastating consequences for entire peoples His cranky theories were the kind of stuff that were he to be an ordinary person in the modern day would be linked to from cranks net An encyclopedia should have the balance to explain this This is important stuff naive young readers will reach this page and may take the theory seriously without realising that it s the political science equivalent of Time Cube 82 71 30 178