Saturday, September 28, 2019

A primer on Leninism

We had hoped that this diabolical ideology had withered and died, but evil is like a perennial plant that keeps coming back; and some of the foundational assumptions of this foul philosophy are coming back stronger than ever. Gary Saul Morton reminds us of how bad things can be.

4 comments:

RebeccaH said...

I read that article, and it struck me how similar some of the tactics of the Democratic Party today are to Leninthink.

JeffS said...

When Leninism is significant, there will always be a spectrum going from those who really understand, to those who just practice the appropriate responses, to those who are entirely innocent.

In reverse order: sheep, useful idiots, and democrats.

Jonah said...

"The true Leninist doesn't even believe in Leninism."

Whatever it takes. Great article.

Paco said...

A profoundly evil man, as the article makes clear; someone (I forgot whom) once referred to Lenin as a "mega-criminal". True enough.