> but yes, lets highlight the drinking quote and the authority, and ignore the rest. Quote about drinking is funny. Sorry about it, couldn't hold myself from q

> but yes, lets highlight the drinking quote and the authority, and ignore the rest. Quote about drinking is funny. Sorry about it, couldn't hold myself from quoting. But I'm not sure what do you not like with authority. IIRC in Novgorod there was a riot, which was supressed. It was Vladimir's decision that Rus needs new religion, it is not like people came to Vladimir and ask him to find new god instead of their old and mossy ones. > This was not a "trust" matter. > Marxist ideology holds destruction of religion as a core tenet. Maybe. You know, I do not believe in ideologies. At least I do not believe that government is moved by ideology. Ideology is used as an excuse sometimes. But if something that ideology suggests is not wise to do now, then it wouldn't be done. > nevermind further that bolsheviks were also financed by hostile outside groups, both geographically and theologically.. Yeah, I do not mind it, really. It is a complete BS: if those groups were hostile, why did they bother to finance bolsheviks? They probably were not friends, but at least partners they were.