[lbo-talk] Gorbachev: I Should Have Left the Communist Party Earlier

[SA]

Thinking about history in the longue duree, I'm always amazed to realize 
that I live in the same era as Gorbachev. For good or ill, he's by far 
the most historically consequential individual alive. In terms of 
historical significance, he's on the same level as Luther or Newton or 
Lenin. And not many others.

Fifty years from now, those of use who are still alive will be greeted 
by youngsters with amazement and disbelief when we inform them that we 
once shared the earth with him. By then he will be just a monumental 
last name in the history books.

SA