Revolutionary Discipline Quotes
The devastating and disillusioning effect of The Depression on the middle class brought a new kind of recruit in droves to the Communist ranks. The Party was used to attacking the middle class and its values not appealing to them. The party workers were blue collar and now thousands of professionals with their work styles and value system entered the ranks. These new communists were better educated, more independent, better read, and less ideological than the Party was used to. They joined quickly and quit the party if there was something they didn’t like. So they were received by the party loyalists ambiguously.
