[Gen.Blather]

It turns out; power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Walter Lipmann wrote “Public Opinion,” which was published in 1922. In it he gives an excellent presentation on Lennon and how Lennon violated his own theory. Communism was supposed to be the natural outgrowth of capitalism. If that was so, then Lennon should have been implementing a capitalist system which would then lead to pure communism. Instead, he established a dictatorship. Then, to ensure his version of communism survived as he reimagined it, he had the Mensheviks executed before he died. The Mensheviks wanted the workers to run everything but Lennon decided to run everything from a central bureaucracy.

Here is a free download link.

https://archive.org/details/public_opinion_1312_librivox

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Walter Lipmann wrote “Public Opinion,” which was published in 1922. In it he gives an excellent presentation on Lennon and how Lennon violated his own theory. Communism was supposed to be the natural outgrowth of capitalism. If that was so, then Lennon should have been implementing a capitalist system which would then lead to pure communism. Instead, he established a dictatorship. Then, to ensure his version of communism survived as he reimagined it, he had the Mensheviks executed before he died. The Mensheviks wanted the workers to run everything but Lennon decided to run everything from a central bureaucracy.

Are we talking about the Beatles or the Russian revolution? John Lennon did write "Imagine," which was a very communistic-sounding song.

[The Antiyuppie]

“Walter Lipmann wrote “Public Opinion,” which was published in 1922. In it he gives an excellent presentation on Lennon and how Lennon violated his own theory. Communism was supposed to be the natural outgrowth of capitalism. If that was so, then Lennon should have been implementing a capitalist system which would then lead to pure communism. Instead, he established a dictatorship. Then, to ensure his version of communism survived as he reimagined it, he had the Mensheviks executed before he died. The Mensheviks wanted the workers to run everything but Lennon decided to run everything from a central bureaucracy.”

Completely incorrect. Things went to hell when Yoko Ono showed up.

[newfreep]

...in 1922. In it he gives an excellent presentation on Lennon and how Lennon violated his own theory.

I think you meant "Lenin" and not (John) Lennon.

[exinnj]

Lennon? John Lennon?