05-18-2017, 05:07 AM
@MIO
Mate, I was a real "red ragger" in my student days and the Russian Revolution held a great romantic allure for me - man the barricades, power to the workers etc etc.
Unfortunately, the more I learned about it the more a disillusionment crept in. Unfortunately I think most (I won't say all) great events of history tend to have a cynical motive or narrow national self-interests driving them - very few occur in the pursuit of altruism or the concern for the welfare of people. Very sad really.
Mate, I was a real "red ragger" in my student days and the Russian Revolution held a great romantic allure for me - man the barricades, power to the workers etc etc.
Unfortunately, the more I learned about it the more a disillusionment crept in. Unfortunately I think most (I won't say all) great events of history tend to have a cynical motive or narrow national self-interests driving them - very few occur in the pursuit of altruism or the concern for the welfare of people. Very sad really.
Reality always wins in the end.