Democratic policy was understood as necessary for conscript national armies

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

Category: Factual Claims

• QUESTION: Why was Pisacane’s mistrust of Garibaldi ‘inexplicable’ to Gramsci? Worth chasing what divided the Mazzinian-actionist camp.