That soviet time capsule is even more devastating I think.
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We really did choose barbarism, huh?
A lot of ancient, ancient history looks like a repeating cycle of barbarism, socialism, nation-states, dictatorships, and then barbarism before the cycle repeats
Over and over again
History progresses in zig-zags, not straight lines. History is not destroyed, but carried forward to a new level, one with new conditions and new tendencies. We will win.
we may have to start making excuses for the lack of terror
I'm looking very forward to reaching the "we will make no excuses for terror" article. Unfortunately i'm still a whole volume away. Its been interesting though, there's lotsa interesting stuff in the NRZ articles
Note to self - don't expect too much from Europe or North America where they're most definitely forming colonial empires, imperialism, and its basis.
Reading this like "nope, sorry bud all ur hopes and dreams are gonna be crushed next year"
Poor marx
