War and revolution

[Joe R. Golowka]

> First, I completely agree with you that "radical change means ...an
> irreversible change in human consciousness and in human custom."  Some of
> that did happen in the former Soviet Union. For example, poll after poll
> shows that most of the Russian people find neo-liberal principles
> completely opposed to their own belief in a more ethical system of
> sharing...both the surplus and the risks.

This was also the case prior to the Russian Revolution - the peasantry had some very egalitarian
principles.