"Democratic centralism is the name given to the principles of internal organization used by Leninist political parties, and the term is sometimes used as a synonym for any Leninist policy inside a political party. The democratic aspect of this organizational method describes the freedom of members of the political party to discuss and debate matters of policy and direction, but once the decision of the party is made by majority vote, all members are expected to uphold that decision. This latter aspect represents the centralism. As Lenin described it, democratic centralism consisted of 'freedom of discussion, unity of action'".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_centralismWhat works for a vanguard revolutionary workers' party does not work for a mass electoral captitalists' party.
It works even less when people eliminate the freedom of discussion part for the sake of unity of action.
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