I liked this one from the BOOK. Shows why WE are having so many anarchists in the US today trying to tear down the US.
“That’s naive,” said Pogorevshikh. “What you call disorder is
just as normal a state of things as the order you’re so keen
about. All this destruction — it’s a natural and preliminary stage
of a broad creative plan. Society has not yet disintegrated
sufficiently. It must fall to pieces completely then a genuinely
revolutionary government will put the pieces together and build
on completely new foundations.”
Back in the 60’s the group of college guys I hung out with knew we were headed in one direction or other; either to one of the fighting services and Nam, or maybe Korea, the way it seemed to be heading towards Korean War 2 or to subversive political activity disguised as graduate school. Most of us, the most Nam bound types especially, had been to several big and rowdy/violent anti-Viet Nam demonstrations and loved the adrenalin ruah and the host of available girls also hooked on adrenalin and grass. We all loved reading about and discussing the ‘20th century culture of political revolution’ Russia, Nazi Germany, Spain, China, Cuba , Viet nam. Russia was the most fascinating, revolution,seizing power, big civil war, wars with border states and against foreign interventionists, ‘building socialism out of the barrel of a gun’, Attempts to spread revolution around the world, crushing the kulaks, building a huge army and a massive heavy industrial base, hug/huge war to the death with Hitler Germany. It just seemed intoxicating. Live or die you would feel alive every minute. The most left guy, who did indeed have to flee the country and surfaced in East Germany, loved his version of the Nietzsche quote about a really good fight enobling any cause. I remember right after graduation the last time I ever saw the guy; we shook hands and he said ‘I hope you survive Nam’, I replied ‘I hope you just survive’. we laughed and went our opposite ways. Ah, great memories.