Lenin's What is to be Done - Dogmatism and "Freedom of Criticism"
First, we need to understand what Dogmatism is.
Dogmatism - ignorance to accept or understand other's beliefs, ideas, or behaviours. They cannot understand new ideas.
Dogmatism led to the capitalist Social - Democracy due to the refusal to understand or apply scientific teachings of socialism (known as Marx and Engel's teachings at that time.)
Quote: "...freedom for an opportunist trend in Social-Democracy, freedom to convert Social-Democracy into a democratic party of reform, freedom to introduce bourgeois ideas and bourgeois elements into socialism." - Vladimir Lenin
The Creators of Bourgeois Social-Democracy:
Eduard Bernstein: Proposed the idea that socialism should drive away from producing revolutions, but rather be a party of reform.
Alexandre Mitterand: Was former French President who actively to collaborated capitalism and socialism (working with the bourgeois.)
Where does "Freedom of Criticism" come from?
"Freedom of Criticism" came from an article by Rabocheye Dyelo, Russian Social-Democrat union, which made Lenin suspicious that they support Bernstein's proposal.
Then lead to the alliance of moderate "Marxists." However this did promote Marxist teachings many of these Marxist were bourgeois democrats and resonate with Bernstein's ideas.
This lead to a division of Labour workers putting the economy first (economists) and marxist aligning with Liberals.









