A democrat can still betray full comprehension of mass politics through strategic blindness

Evidence

Pisacane understood that without a democratic policy it is impossible to have national armies with compulsory conscription, but his aversion for Garibaldi’s strategy and his mistrust of Garibaldi are inexplicable. He had the same scornful attitude towards Garibaldi that the General Staffs of the ancien regime had towards Napoleon. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 443

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Gramsci’s recurring theme that ideological alignment does not guarantee correct practical strategy — echoes the Action Party critique of unanchored ‘jacobinism without roots’ running through these notes. — connects to: Intellectual sophistication can blind people to real political threats — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 259; Persistent illusions about a party’s revolutionary character prolonged resistance to new strategy.; Strategic ignorance can be a ground-up equitable political strategy — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 327 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Intellectual sophistication can blind people to real political threats — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 259; Persistent illusions about a party’s revolutionary character prolonged resistance to new strategy.; Strategic ignorance can be a ground-up equitable political strategy — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 327 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Strategic ignorance can be a ground-up equitable political strategy #complicates (0.80) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 327