On the Fact that (According to Historian, Victor Davis Hanson) it Wasn't so Much the Leftists In Russia Who Enabled Lenin and the Bolsheviks as it Was the Aristocrats, Intellectuals, College Professors, and Even a Few of the Industrialists

Yeah, they apparently thought that they could control this seemingly rag-tag outfit and how exactly did that work out for the chaps? I'm just askin' (while also hoping that you grasp the cautionary nature of the tale and possibly think twice about going full-in with repugnant pressure groups like Black Lives Matter and Antifa).