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And Maximoff gives us these truly terrifying examples. Doesn't hold back. He talked about April 1918.

And Maximoff gives us these truly terrifying examples. Doesn't hold back. He talked about April 1918.

They trashed headquarters, shut down newspapers.

They trashed headquarters, shut down newspapers.

And it didn't stop there, right?

And it didn't stop there, right?

Those are rival socialist parties.

Those are rival socialist parties.

And if you were against them, well, things could get really bad, really fast.

And if you were against them, well, things could get really bad, really fast.

So this wasn't just, you know, theoretical debates.

So this wasn't just, you know, theoretical debates.

They were silencing dissent with violence.

They were silencing dissent with violence.

Oh, yeah. He's saying Lenin saw the guillotine as a blueprint.

Oh, yeah. He's saying Lenin saw the guillotine as a blueprint.

It's like that saying, you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, but on a way bigger and more terrifying scale.

It's like that saying, you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, but on a way bigger and more terrifying scale.

Hold on. He advocated for what he called terror by starvation.

Hold on. He advocated for what he called terror by starvation.