Across the pond at the Times Literary Supplement, in an essay called "Steve Bannon, Heir to Plato" -- and to the think, the New York Times' exegesis was only called "What Does Steve Bannon Want?" -- the Lenin thang appeared again, as a sharp-eyed reader informed me, in the following line.

This juncture is probably how Bannon, who once compared himself to Lenin, views the 2016 elections. 

Oh, what the heck -- I decided to tweet my little story to the writer, Nicholas Barrett.

Here is how our conversation went:

Phew! Such a lot of work! However, I am always thankful to come across an open mind -- two, even, when we count the amenable TLS editor.

The end result:

This juncture is probably how Bannon, who is said to have once compared himself to Lenin, views the 2016 elections.