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A '''Revolutionary vanguard''' '''movement''', '''revolutionary vanguard party''', '''vanguard movement''', '''vanguard party''', '''revolutionary vanguard''', or sometimes simply '''vanguard''' is the solution to the practical problem of governing after a [[socialist]] revolution is achieved. It is an attempt to create a "permanent revolution" through an institutionalized party.  

A '''Revolutionary vanguard''' '''movement''', '''revolutionary vanguard party''', '''vanguard movement''', '''vanguard party''', '''revolutionary vanguard''', or sometimes simply '''vanguard''' is the solution to the practical problem of governing after a [[socialist]] revolution is achieved. It is an attempt to create a "permanent revolution" through an institutionalized party.  

While it takes years of [[ideological]] indoctrination and training to overthrow an existing regime, the objective can be achieved in a moment. There is a tendency to rest on one's laurels after victory, and a danger of taking on the characteristics of the former regime that led to discontent, sparked the revolution, and was overthrown.

While it takes years of [[ideological]] indoctrination and training to overthrow an existing regime, the objective can be achieved in a moment. There is a tendency to rest on one's laurels after victory, and a danger of taking on the corrupt characteristics of the former regime.

Stagnation and [[corruption]] will ensue unless  "revolutionary fervor," [[class warfare|class hatred]], and [[bigot]]ry become institutionalized in the new Socialist regime, party, and [[bureaucracy]]. Hence is born the concept of ongoing or "permanent revolution." This, and "institutionalized revolution" are just two examples of [[oxymoron]]ic concepts common to [[Marxist]] thinking.

Stagnation and [[corruption]] will ensue unless  "revolutionary fervor," [[class warfare|class hatred]], and [[bigot]]ry become institutionalized in the new Socialist ruling party and [[bureaucracy]]. Hence is born the concept of ongoing or "permanent revolution." This, and "institutionalized revolution" are just two examples of the [[oxymoron]]ic thinking common to [[Marxism]].

==Origins of term==

==Origins of term==