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==Vanguard of the proletariat==
==Vanguard of the proletariat==
The proletariat was seen as selflessly striving for progress in the building of socialism, whereas the bourgeoisie was seen as selfishly fighting to maintain the status quo. According to Marxist ideology, class struggle was the engine of change in all social development. Vladimir Lenin's ideological contribution was to make the party itself the exclusive “vanguard of the proletariat” and thus the final arbiter of what was proletarian or bourgeois.<ref>https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intn.html#atts</ref>
The [[proletariat]] was seen as selflessly striving for progress in the building of socialism, whereas the bourgeoisie was seen as selfishly fighting to maintain the [[status quo]]. According to Marxist ideology, class struggle was the engine of change in all social development. Vladimir Lenin's ideological contribution was to make the party itself the exclusive “vanguard of the proletariat” and thus the final arbiter of what was proletarian or bourgeois.<ref>https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intn.html#atts</ref><ref>https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/1924/lenin/ch03.htm</ref>
==See also==
==See also==