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

[c b]

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

^^^^^
CB: My bet is that they will want be most impressed by your earthly
cohabitation with Fidel Castro.