From what I’ve heard from older party members here (P de los C and original PCM), they operate under the idea that a vanguard doesn’t need to be a specific size. Their strength instead comes from their capacity to educate, organize, and lead the masses that have recognized them as capable of doing so. Larger numbers of cadres are, of course, preferable to smaller (ideological and organizational coherence being equal), but increasing numbers also increases the likelihood of crackdowns by the state terror apparatus.

In this sense, it doesn’t matter if your party only has a couple hundred members if your work is sufficiently well known and trusted that you can mobilize thousands if not millions through connections with syndicates, popular organizations, etc. A vanguard party that says they have no need for the masses is no vanguard at all.

And don’t worry about winning over radlibs if, as you say, they’re that far from class consciousness. That just means the squeeze hasn’t happened to them yet.

Furthermore, I consider that America must be destroyed.

I’ve actually seen comments in r/worldnews that start off questioning the veracity of Western mainstream media, then at some point turn around and say “Well at least it’s not Russian propaganda!”. It’s like they’re teaching themselves to not question anything.

Furthermore, I consider that America must be destroyed.