"The Greatest Failure in All History"

"The Greatest Failure in All History" - A Critical Examination of the Actual Workings of Bolshevism in Russia

Like the immortal Topsy, this book may be said to have just growed. In it I have simply assembled in something like an orderly arrangement a vast amount of carefully investigated evidence concerning the Bolshevist system and its workingsevidence which, in my judgment, must compel every honest believer in freedom and democracy to condemn Bolshevism as a vicious and dangerous form of reaction, subversive of every form of progress and every agency of civilization and enlightenment. I do not discuss theories in this book, except in a very incidental way. In two earlier volumes my views upon the theories of Bolshevism have been set forth, clearly and with emphasis. On its theoretical side, despite the labored pretentiousness of Lenin and his interminable Theses, so suggestive of medieval theology, Bolshevism is the sorriest medley of antiquated philosophical rubbish and fantastic speculation to command attention among civilized peoples since Millerism stirred so many of the American people to a mental process they mistook for and miscalled thinking. No one who is capable of honest and straight-forward thinking upon political and economic xii questions can read the books of such Bolshevist writers as Lenin, Trotsky, and Bucharin, and the numerous proclamations, manifestoes, and decrees issued by the Soviet Government and the Communist Party, and retain any respect for the Bolsheviki as thinkers. Neither can any one who is capable of understanding the essential difference between freedom and despotism read even those official decrees, programs, and legal codes which they themselves have caused to be published and doubt that the rgime of the Bolsheviki in Russia is despotic in the extreme. The cretinous-minded admirers and defenders of Bolshevism, whether they call themselves Liberals, Radicals, or Socialistsdishonoring thereby words of great and honorable antecedentsbawl for freedom in their senseless mood and, at the same time, give their hearts homage to a monstrous and arrogant tyranny. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51594
Author: Spargo, John
Release Date: Mar 28, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English