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> On Apr 24, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Matthias Wasser wrote:
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> And Trotsky was a jerk
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> Oh, come on. I'm no Troskyist, but a "jerk"? Please. Would you say the same
> of Lenin?
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> Doug
Wouldn't you? Love it or leave it, but the dictatorship of the proletariat is not like writing a novel or arranging flowers! We're talking about a dude who introduced decimation into the army, subjected workers to military discipline, wanted a stronger focus on heavy industry than Stalin, &c. Maybe these things are good and maybe these things are evil - we can pass over that in Coxian silence. Mostly it was an excuse for a groaner, though.