If either of them had led a revolution and then assumed leadership of the new revolutionary state they would be just as hated by your average western lib as Stalin. The only difference between a “good” revolutionary and a bad one in the eyes of the western left is whether they fail or succeed.
Failure is practically worshipped as a saintly virtue while successful revolution and seizure of state power is seen as the work of the devil himself.
You cannot tell me that this perennial loserdom cult is not the work of Cointelpro.
The only difference between a “good” revolutionary and a bad one in the eyes of the western left is whether they fail [get assassinated by the state that will later claim then for a hero] or succeed.
If either of them had led a revolution and then assumed leadership of the new revolutionary state they would be just as hated by your average western lib as Stalin. The only difference between a “good” revolutionary and a bad one in the eyes of the western left is whether they fail or succeed.
Failure is practically worshipped as a saintly virtue while successful revolution and seizure of state power is seen as the work of the devil himself.
You cannot tell me that this perennial loserdom cult is not the work of Cointelpro.
Some good reading here: https://redsails.org/western-marxism-and-christianity/