Mikhail Bakunin

By Leo Gura - May 24, 2026

Bakunin’s criticism of Marxism was exactly correct.

When Marxism is enacted, it ends in replacing the old group of corrupt leaders with a new group of corrupt leaders. Because the survival pressure is too great for anything else. The viciousness necessary to overthrow the oligarchs is the same force that will produce a new set of oligarchs.

Corruption is too intelligent to be defeated by a mob of angry Marxists. If you want to end corruption you have to appreciate how intelligent it is. Corruption is more intelligent than you. That is the key missing insight.

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