[lbo-talk] Robert Frost Defends Robespierre, Lenin, Mao

[Eric Beck]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote:
>> But it's not like they were somehow betraying their ideals while in power.
>> The belief that society should be turned into a concentration camp in the
>> interests of historical development - that was their ideology, not just some
>> hypocritical behavior.
>
> Even though I share your dislike of Lenin, Trotsky, and the like, this
> is a pretty unfair statement.

I take it all back! I just read Mike Beggs' quote and leafed through
The Revolution Retrieved, which I"d read many years ago. Trotsky was a
jerk.