Voting rights only accrue to party members, and party membership is only granted after years of rigorous ideological indoctrination, training and testing. Under Democratic socialism, one need not gain power by [[murder]]ing rivals and [[cronyism]]; one must gain the trust and popularity of fellow party members in party elections by being a successful manager among [[policy wonk]]s and [[technocrat]]s. | Voting rights only accrue to party members, and party membership is only granted after years of rigorous ideological indoctrination, training and testing. Under Democratic socialism, one need not gain power by [[murder]]ing rivals and [[cronyism]]; one must gain the trust and popularity of fellow party members in party elections by being a successful manager among [[policy wonk]]s and [[technocrat]]s. |