The vanguard is not to “relinquish power,” but instead raise up the level of political education of the rest of the proletariat to their level.
They will never lmao, that would be the same as giving up power. Power is subjective. The vanguard may not de jure “own the means of production”, but they de facto “own the right to tell everyone what they’re allowed to do”, which can be worse. Once everyone has the same amount of power, nobody has power over anyone else.
And yet in every socialist country, literacy rates and education was made a top priority. Using the USSR as an example, literacy rates jumped from 20-30% all the way to 99.9% in around a decade, and education was made free, with professors and teachers seen as incredibly valuable members of society. This pattern has been followed in every socialist country. The truth of the matter is that it’s very difficult to educate people, it’s a complex matter that requires nuanced decisions on how we teach, what we teach, and more.
Further, “power” is not subjective. There is no supernatural force called “power,” what exists is what is material. Administration and management of production and human labor is socially necessary for large-scale mass production, the type that is necessary for communism to begin with. To dogmatically oppose any and all hierarchical organization does not actually help the working classes in breaking their chains, so to speak, but instead holds them back.
They will never lmao, that would be the same as giving up power. Power is subjective. The vanguard may not de jure “own the means of production”, but they de facto “own the right to tell everyone what they’re allowed to do”, which can be worse. Once everyone has the same amount of power, nobody has power over anyone else.
And yet in every socialist country, literacy rates and education was made a top priority. Using the USSR as an example, literacy rates jumped from 20-30% all the way to 99.9% in around a decade, and education was made free, with professors and teachers seen as incredibly valuable members of society. This pattern has been followed in every socialist country. The truth of the matter is that it’s very difficult to educate people, it’s a complex matter that requires nuanced decisions on how we teach, what we teach, and more.
Further, “power” is not subjective. There is no supernatural force called “power,” what exists is what is material. Administration and management of production and human labor is socially necessary for large-scale mass production, the type that is necessary for communism to begin with. To dogmatically oppose any and all hierarchical organization does not actually help the working classes in breaking their chains, so to speak, but instead holds them back.