But so long as the momentum of the struggle continues, the movement can easily replace this leadership. Earlier I spoke of my opposition to absentee leaders. Let me assure you they are worse when they are present. This does not mean that all the intellectuals are Party men. I know very well that many of them never belonged.
Theory remains a prerogative of the leadership.
In that way these intellectuals bring into whatever organization they belong to, the capitalistic division between mental and manual labor. Instead of this, what is of the essence if we are to realize freedom, not in a distant tomorrow, but in an approaching today, is an attitude that is adamant against being rent asunder between theory and practice, and is intent not only in demolishing the status quo, but in reconstructing society. Therefore, to divert in any way from this development is, Marxistically speaking, criminal.