He's talking to an audience who's been trained to never exercised critical thinking. Anything that tickles a sense of 'things are kind of fucked, here's why' can and often is something that can be built on. We cannot see all ends and roads that this can lead to for someone to pick up a damn book.
I was one that this sort of pipeline worked on.
You be the more advanced educator, let people learn to walk before trying to run.
That said, I'm all ears on any analysis and commentary you have on Lenin's approach to electoralism.