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> Do you recognise the quote Yes, of course I did see the parallel, but I think raking over old quotes doesn't help keep a clear mind. Wikipedia - February Rev
by beardyw 2y ago
> Do you recognise the quote
Yes, of course I did see the parallel, but I think raking over old quotes doesn't help keep a clear mind. Wikipedia - February Revolution describes Russia's failure to
...modernise its archaic social, economic, and political structures while maintaining the stability of ubiquitous devotion to an autocratic monarch.
Sounds familiar?
- graemep 2y agoI agree about not raking over old quotes, but people will. Any attempt to do what you are suggesting will be labelled "communism" or similar. Of course communism is not the only value system I remember an Yes Minister episode (I cannot recall which one) in which some one quotes that and Hacker guesses the source of the quote is Jesus. Not an unreasonable guess. The problem is that whatever values you base the justification of the change on, they have to be radically different from that of the current political consensus. > Wikipedia - February Revolution describes Russia's failure to The problem is what that lead to. Not something I want to live through, or want my children to live through.
- beardyw 2y ago> what you are suggesting will be labelled "communism" or similar I am definitely not suggesting communism. What I laid out was the problem and how, without insurrection, it could be mitigated.
- graemep 2y agoI am not saying it is communism. I am saying it will be labelled communism by those who oppose it.