electoralism

Yeah, I agree. I also have read Lenin. The person I'm asking the question of appears to be broadly dismissing electoralism in the imperial core. That's a lot different then only supporting electoralism as a means of educating the "backward masses" and counting your numbers, as a part of larger strategy that includes building dual power like the workers councils (Soviets) in Russia. Electoralism allowed the communists to gage their support.

What I tend to see in threads like these are condemnations of electoralism with little clarity on what the actual condemnation is. There is a very mixed message being sent if only because the DSA is involved.