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Did Lenin ever say that the intelligetsia tend to be a reactionary class? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The burden of proof is on the claimant, not on you. Demand a receipt.

With that said, bourgeois intellectuals generally live off of bourgeois largess. Intellectual class traitors like Engels and Mao are exceptions to the rule. There are scarce few Marxist-Leninist in the halls of bourgeois institutions.