Mason

It's making me rethink everything I thought I knew about the Russian Revolution.

It's making me rethink everything I thought I knew about the Russian Revolution.

And Maximoff doesn't stop there. He goes even further.

And Maximoff doesn't stop there. He goes even further.

Or the specific circumstances of the Russian Revolution.

Or the specific circumstances of the Russian Revolution.

So is he saying that Marx and Engels were proto-tyrants?

So is he saying that Marx and Engels were proto-tyrants?

That their ideas inevitably lead to dictatorship.

That their ideas inevitably lead to dictatorship.

Okay, fair enough.

Okay, fair enough.

About the inherent dangers of utopian thinking.

About the inherent dangers of utopian thinking.

Even when wielded in the name of the people.

Even when wielded in the name of the people.

This is getting really heavy. I need a moment to process all of this.

This is getting really heavy. I need a moment to process all of this.

From the guillotine to terror by starvation to slaveholder democracy to the very nature of Marxist thought.

From the guillotine to terror by starvation to slaveholder democracy to the very nature of Marxist thought.