I am doing a tremendous amount of reading for 'Soviet Architecture, Art, and Film'. Consequently, I think I am becoming a communist. I learned for instance that Lenin, on his deathbed (early death too, 42 I think) wrote a letter to the soviet governmental council begging that they be careful and not elect Stalin as the next president. Stalin intercepted that letter and the rest is history. Trotsky would have taken over the presidency from Lenin (Trotsky's views were more in line with Lenin's) had the letter not been intercepted and Russia would have had an entirely different history. To put it in distinctly American terms:
Lenin was a good guy (who did what he felt was right for his country)
Stalin was a bad guy (who killed a lot of people)
Trotsky was a good guy (similar to Lenin)
No communism ever existed in Russia - what they had was a dictatorship that was a modified capitalist system (similar to what we presently have but with more concern for the working poor).
A good idea:
I think as an apology to Bill Clinton the republicans should allow him to take office for a third term. The republicans can make deals with him like, "if you balance the budget for us like you did in your first presidency we will allow you 5 free blow jobs", or "if you help us pay down this outrageous national debt that Bush has created we will allow you ten free blow jobs etc." Imagine what he could accomplish!!
Friday, February 10, 2006
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