Friday, August 8, 2014
Lose One For the Ripper
According to historian, Robert Service, Lenin (residing in Switzerland at the time) was actually rooting for Russia to get routed in World War One because he thought that would be his easiest way to secure power (his version of utopia), marginalize the Martovs and the Trotskyites (yes, Trotsky and Lenin ultimately did reconcile), and supplant the Provisional Government.......Wow, huh? Now THAT is one killer take on patriotism.
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Lenin was a technocrat; social engineering from the top down, never mind the human damage.
The prototype for Pol Pot. They
are both ugly blots in the record of history.
Perfectly stated, bra.
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