[The Raven]

This is one way to eliminate class struggle.

[TheGeezer]

Stalin intentionally murdered 10 million peasants in the Ukraine. The Republic of the Ukraine has petitioned for the revocation of the Pullitzer prize awarded to the New York Times for its reportage on the achievements of "uncle" Joe Stalin and Russian socialism, since the NYT ignored the carnage and failed to report the truth (the petition was recently denied, but I think I recall that the Republic of the Ukraine will continue to try to reveal the truth about Stalin and NYT complicity in the great lie).

Stalin also probably murdered his wife, by the way.

[RaceBannon]

bump

[GladesGuru]

Two points to ponder.
1. We are engaged in "a battle for the soul of the
Republic".
2. Liberals are the intellectual heirs of the American
Communist Party.

Much as I disliked Poe, his line croaked the Raven - "Nevermore" is worth remembering.

Never forget the poison fruits of he Tree of Liberalism.

[SandRat]

The disenchantment of the majority of intellectuals did not surprise Lenin, who saw the old Russian intelligentsia as a kind of rival to his "party of a new type," which alone could bring revolutionary consciousness to the working class. In his view, artists generally served bourgeois interests, a notion that fueled the persecution of intellectuals throughout the Soviet period.

Funny, to gain power they court the "intellectuals" and who do they round up and send to the gulags first? The "intellectuals!"

One would think that the "intellectuals" could read history and learn from it. Then again they are "intellectuals."

[PistolPaknMama]

Very fascinating. Thanks for posting.

[VeniVidiVici]

bfl

[JudgemAll]

It cost millions of lives, but the collective farm system is here to stay.

What an alibi for murder. Beware of nutjobs inventing alibis for anything.

[zeugma]

Bump!

[moodyskeptic]

Soft handed intellectuals in America still yearn for socialism and Soviet communism, which both proved deadly to.... intellectuals. They are the first to be shot or sent to the gulags.

Effete middle managers, liberal teachers, angry old hippies, shallow entertainers, democrat politicians, they all seem to have skipped class the day we learned of the 20th century's greatest atrocities. 100 million murdered. A billion ruined lives at minimum.

Apparently, common sense and self interest have no place in the intellectual's thought process. History teaches only those who pay attention.

[mel]

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