Posted on 03/17/2009 4:35:18 AM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K
Concur fully. The failure of the Soviet experiment and of their grandiose, hybristic effort to create a "new Soviet man" was comprehensive and detailed, not tactical. But the Western Marxists insist on pushing forward the old COMINTERN agenda and refusing to read their mail from home.
"Socialism in one country" didn't work. It won't work in two, or three, or six, either.
I wonder how long Hesychasmism persisted in the Byzantine Empire -- what was left of it -- after the movement had passed its crisis, and failed? Something worth thinking about, as the remains of the Communist International keep beavering away at the destruction of the West.
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