Great blog, David. I too am confounded by the alure of collectivism after so many failures throughout history. And let's not overlook the tens of millions who perished in the 20th century at the hands of "compassionate" and arrogant collectivists. And the madness continues today despite the dismal record of socialism and communism. Apparently, the quote "those who don't learn history are doomed to repeat it" is completely accurate.
If you bother to check, this is at very least a historical anecdote, and if you weren't yourself hopelessly prejudiced you'd note that I did not report it as fact, but rather said "believed to have been". Nonetheless, you are free to find endless excuses not to read my articles, and thereby painstakingly avoid the original sources that I cite.
Great blog, David. I too am confounded by the alure of collectivism after so many failures throughout history. And let's not overlook the tens of millions who perished in the 20th century at the hands of "compassionate" and arrogant collectivists. And the madness continues today despite the dismal record of socialism and communism. Apparently, the quote "those who don't learn history are doomed to repeat it" is completely accurate.
Ignorance works wonders.
Hi David,
this is by far the best indictment against the horrors of communism I've ever read.
It just had to be made available for my French speaking readership so I've translated it and published it here: https://skidmark.blog/2024/07/13/une-lecon-sur-le-communisme-tiree-de-nos-deux-premieres-colonies-par-david-ziffer/
I'm glad you found it interesting. Thank you so much for sharing it, especially with an audience that I could never reach!
Lol… you lead with cannibalism.
OK.
Ideologically driven history is fake and gay.
If you bother to check, this is at very least a historical anecdote, and if you weren't yourself hopelessly prejudiced you'd note that I did not report it as fact, but rather said "believed to have been". Nonetheless, you are free to find endless excuses not to read my articles, and thereby painstakingly avoid the original sources that I cite.