The Purge in Russia wasn't people out of work. They where paid professionals. Doctors, lawyers, teachers and the like.
Marx said it best. To control the masses you must destroy the rich and the poor. Engels made that clear regarding the when he said in war to destroy the poor.
9 posted on 07/12/2016 8:08:06 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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