On a serious note his ultracomm ideology, nihilism, and the fact that I don’t think I’ve ever heard him speak positively about another leftist made me doubletake what I was reading.
On a serious note his ultracomm ideology, nihilism, and the fact that I don’t think I’ve ever heard him speak positively about another leftist made me doubletake what I was reading.
Hate to be that guy… but, actually there is no proof Lenin ever said that.
lol I imagined as much, it felt too edgy to be something he would have said. But like all anti-communist propaganda it ends up sounding cool as fuck, and it does have many ways to read it.
I’ve heard the same quote attributed to Lenin, Marx and even Mao, which is what made me wonder if it were real at all.
some guys apparently looked into it https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/29/fact-check-karl-marx-capitalist-hang-sold-rope-quote/. i skimmed but apparently it was made up in many different ways, including one attributed to solzenitzin lol (can never spell that name right). but it’s older than his 1975 elocution.