Hegemonic rule allows the led to pass molecularly into the leading group.

Evidence

It thus follows that the Renaissance should be considered a reactionary and repressive movement, in contrast to the development of the Communes, etc. … In the hegemonic system, there exists democracy between the ‘leading’ group and the groups which are ‘led’, in so far as the development of the economy and thus the legislation which expresses such development favour the (molecular) passage from the ‘led’ groups to the ‘leading’ group. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1869

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that Gramscian hegemony, unlike pure dictatorship, involves real upward mobility of the led into the leading group.
• XREF: connects to: Democracy exists where led groups can pass into the leading group — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1869