Thoroughly appreciated this book reading, thank you. Some minor disagreements but for another time. Putin on Marxism-Leninism - a “pernicious fairy tale” www.youXXXtube.com/watch?v=lIoEwESh320 “I think that history is something that should be looked on as something that occurred in the past. We can’t erase our history. If you’re interested in how I regard this person [Ulyanov - who called himself Lenin] and the doctrine he represented, I would say that ... there was a period in my life when I was interested in Marxism-Leninism, read a lot with keen interest, found that reading curious, often logical ... as we all did. - Yes, as we all did. But for me I can say, as I grew older, the truth became more and more apparent that all of it was nothing but a beautiful, yet pernicious fairy tale. Pernicious because its ... implementation; the efforts to achieve it in our country caused enormous harm. […] … the other [thing] is they destroyed what united people of the civilized world. […] The only thing they did to keep the country together within common borders was use barbed wire.“ Putin’s response 11 years later: “I have practically nothing more to add. I am ready to repeat it word for word.“ That video has been taken down but can still be found in Russian somewhere. Nevertheless, here is Putin on a related topic … • Putin Trashes Marx and Lenin: Practice Has Shown That Marxism Was Wrong, Family Matters! ua-cam.com/video/z1mERkuxTfg/v-deo.html
I really enjoyed it
great book
Thanks for reading this, enjoyed thoroughly
I am intrigued why China, and even Xi Jinping still emphasise 'Marxist (and Leninist) Thought' while promoting Confucianism (unlike Mao)
Thoroughly appreciated this book reading, thank you. Some minor disagreements but for another time.
Putin on Marxism-Leninism - a “pernicious fairy tale”
www.youXXXtube.com/watch?v=lIoEwESh320
“I think that history is something that should be looked on as something that occurred in the past. We can’t erase our history. If you’re interested in how I regard this person [Ulyanov - who called himself Lenin] and the doctrine he represented, I would say that ... there was a period in my life when I was interested in Marxism-Leninism, read a lot with keen interest, found that reading curious, often logical ... as we all did. - Yes, as we all did. But for me I can say, as I grew older, the truth became more and more apparent that all of it was nothing but a beautiful, yet pernicious fairy tale. Pernicious because its ... implementation; the efforts to achieve it in our country caused enormous harm.
[…]
… the other [thing] is they destroyed what united people of the civilized world.
[…]
The only thing they did to keep the country together within common borders was use barbed wire.“
Putin’s response 11 years later: “I have practically nothing more to add. I am ready to repeat it word for word.“
That video has been taken down but can still be found in Russian somewhere. Nevertheless, here is Putin on a related topic …
• Putin Trashes Marx and Lenin: Practice Has Shown That Marxism Was Wrong, Family Matters!
ua-cam.com/video/z1mERkuxTfg/v-deo.html
So then what is all this this talk of Putin killing off journalists that work to uncover negative things about him?
Point of Order - WHAT Holocaust???