A party becomes indestructible when its mass base and leadership perpetuate themselves

Evidence

The moment when it becomes impossible to destroy a party by normal means is reached when the two other elements cannot help being formed—that is, the first element, which in its turn necessarily forms the third as its continuation and its means of expressing itself. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 680

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• DEFINE: Defines the tipping point where a party becomes unreachable by ordinary opposition — mass base becomes self-reproducing of its cadre.

Related

• A mass base is necessary but insufficient for a party to exist (similarity 0.85)
• Totalitarian government is a powerless façade over real party power (similarity 0.83)
• Objective historical conditions only become politically effective through organized cadres and capable leadership. (similarity 0.80)
• New mass-party replacements combine horizontal structure with undisciplined leaderism (similarity 0.78)
• A political element must prepare its own successors against its destruction (similarity 0.78)