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Clausewitz, Lenin

• jerzyt 6y ago
  Which one of Lenin's books do you have in mind? I haven't read any personally, but he's not usually referenced with any of the others. Clausewitz, on the other hand, definitely qualifies, although it's a much longer read.
  • paganel 6y ago
    Not the OP but I can highly recommend Lenin's "What Is to Be Done?" [1], one of the best "no bullshit, no moralising, let's just get things done by seeing things as they really are" books of the "modern" era. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_to_Be_Done%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_to_Be_Done%3F
    • jerzyt 6y ago
      Thanks for the link. Interestingly, I grew up in Poland, under Marxism-Leninism, but none of his books were ever pushed on us, so this is somewhat of a surprise for me. I'm going to give it at least a quick scan to get an idea.
      • oever 6y ago
        Lenin's actual writing was not the message that the regime wanted to be known. Usually, the message that gets regimes in power is not the message that keeps them in power.
      • danharaj 6y ago
        Marxism-Leninism was Stalin's etiolation of Lenin's actual thought.