Mikhail Gorbachev no longer yearns for the hammer and sickle. This time, its the red rose. The former Communist has morphed into a Social Democrat. Lenin is turning over in his grave. His new movement wants to fight for pluralism, freedom, fairness and fighting corruption. Communism in Russia went out with the Berlin Wall and it ain't ever coming back. The irony is the world's sole committed Marxists are right here in the USA.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
To: goldstategop
The irony is the world's sole committed Marxists are right here in the USA. That's right. There are many chinks in the communist armor these days. The trouble is, the Chinese are too busy making money; the Cubans are just decrepit, like a poor old diseased dog; and the North Koreans are just a pathetic cult. Your point that Marxism lives on only in America (to wit: the universities and professional America-hating causes) is well-taken.
2 posted on
10/20/2007 10:46:14 AM PDT by
Migraine
(...diversity is great... until it happens to YOU...)
To: goldstategop
Does this mean he no longer lives at our Presidio?
To: goldstategop
7 posted on
10/20/2007 11:17:16 AM PDT by
crazyshrink
(Being uninformed is one thing, choosing ignorance is a whole different problem.)
To: goldstategop
Sorry, but I don't see any evidence that the mass murderer Gorbachev has renounced his lifelong belief in Marxism. Communists have always claimed to be democratic, and democratic socialist "useful idiots" have always been supported by communists like Gorbachev as their wrecking ball to usher in communist dictatorship.
Haven't you ever heard of the "democratic people's republic" of Korea? You don't think they qualify as Marxists either?
Gorbachev believes that Russia achieved considerable progress thanks to President Vladimir Putin. - “When chaos reigned in the country, he used all means to stop the chaos. Now the country is embarking to a new path. It should not move back, but it should move towards democracy,” Gorbachev said.
"Democracy is the road to socialism." - Karl Marx
"The goal of socialism is communism." - V.I. Lenin
"More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life." - Mikhail Gorbachev
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