Mao Zedong
A Critique of Soviet Economics
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1977, p. 50

"In the various nations of the West there is a great obstacle to
carrying through any revolution and construction movement; i.e., the
poisons of the bourgeoisie are so powerful that they have penetrated each
and every corner. While our bourgeoisie has had, after all, only three
generations, those of England and France have had a 250-300 year history
of development, and their ideology and modus operandi have influenced
all aspects and strata of their societies. Thus the English working
class follows the Labour Party, not the Communist Party.

"Lenin says, 'The transition from capitalism to socialism will be
more difficult for a country the more backward it is.' This would seem
incorrect today."