A Soviet Mother Explains Communism

From Panait Istrati’s excellent book The Confession Of A Loser, also published as Russia Unveiled: 1927 – 1930.
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From Panait Istrati’s excellent book The Confession Of A Loser, also published as Russia Unveiled: 1927 – 1930.
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Nepal is the kind of country that should be bombed for no reason. But I’ll give you a reason: Nepal is a communist country. Was a communist country.
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination this quote came to mind, as if from a half-remembered nightmare:
“The far Right is a flu; the far Left is a cancer.”
It seemed oddly familiar.
But who said it?
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Walk into any Starbucks on the planet and you will find self-described leftists, progressives, Marxists, socialists, communists, and everything in between.
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So Lenin is dead at last. He dies on the eve of the recognition of the Soviet Government by the Western Powers. For most practical purposes the work of Lenin was over before 1920. His death now or a little later will make only the smallest difference in the destinies of Russia.
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“Communism has not died.”
— Svetlana Alexievich
“Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.”
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