“In bourgeois terms, it was a war between the Allies and Germany. In Bolshevik terms, it was a war between the Allied and German upper classes - and which of them won was of total indifference. My task was to organize defeat, so as to hasten the onset of revolution. I enlisted under the name of Petrov. The party looked to the peasant conscript soldiers - many of whom were wearing their first real pair of boots. When the boots had worn out, they’d be ready to listen. When the time came, I was able to take three whole battalions out of the front lines with me - the best day’s work I ever did. But for now, there was nothing to be done. There were too many volunteers. Most of it was mere hysteria.”
-Yevgraf Zhivago (From “Dr. Zhivago”)
Don’t think the same thing isn’t happening today
I know. Gad. It really bugs me.
By the way, I remember seeing Dr. Zhivago at the base theater in Yokosuka, Japan (The old Benny Decker theater!) and...as a kid, I didn’t get the movie at all. I thought it was as boring as all get out.
I just rewatched it for the first time last year, and thought it was a damn good movie...there were lots of “messages” there...