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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 16:11:18 -0400 (EDT)
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William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Didn't the Bolsheviks follow the same pattern?
>
>I don't think Lenin ever demanded mere toleration.  He did a pretty good 
>job of oppressing even when he was in the minority.

I think Lenin believed in democracy and in his slogan of "All power to
the soviets" but things didn't work out quite the way he expected and 
running a country was much harder than he had thought it would be.
He started out with a lot more toleration than Kerensky but then it all
went pear-shaped.

Some of his associates, though, were very open about wanting to replace
the old oppressor and become a new one.  Stay away from people like that.
They are not good to be around.
--scott
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