Political parties remain the most effective instrument for producing leaders

Evidence

In reality, the question is still that of Italian “apoliticism”, 187 which takes on these various picturesque and bizarre forms.) Individualism is merely brutish apoliticism; sectarianism is apoliticism, and if one looks into it carefully is a form of personal following [clientela ], lacking the party spirit which is the fundamental component of “State spirit”. The demonstration that party spirit is the basic component of “State spirit” is one of the most critically important assertions to uphold. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 659 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Stable leadership is needed to keep hegemony in progressive rather than privileged hands; Parties are not passive expressions of classes but act back upon them; Party spirit, not individualism, is the foundation of State spirit — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 659 (+2 more)

Related

• Party spirit, not individualism, is the foundation of State spirit (similarity 0.92)
• Political parties prove that organized permanent passion is operationally possible (similarity 0.91)
• A party’s history is the general history of a country from one viewpoint. (similarity 0.86)
• The political party, not an individual, is the modern protagonist of political transformation (similarity 0.83)
• Political parties are mechanisms for producing organic intellectuals (similarity 0.82)
• Objective historical conditions only become politically effective through organized cadres and capable leadership. (similarity 0.81)
• Parties are not passive expressions of classes but act back upon them (similarity 0.81)
• Mass parties provided a unifying heuristic that hyperpolitical individuals now lack (similarity 0.79)
• A political party’s history is inseparable from its broader social group and national context. (similarity 0.79)
• Political parties function as laboratories unifying theory and practice into new intelligentsias. (similarity 0.79)
• A party can wield hegemony by satisfying intellectuals’ needs like a state. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Stable leadership is needed to keep hegemony in progressive rather than privileged hands #expands (0.75)
• Party spirit, not individualism, is the foundation of State spirit #expands (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 659
• Effective political action requires common opinions, affections, and interests #expands (0.72)
• Parties are not passive expressions of classes but act back upon them #expands (0.70)
• Party, State, and world-conception develop integrally and continuously reshape each other #expands (0.70)