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[–] iie@hexbear.net 23 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

In January 1917, Lenin thought the revolution would not happen in his lifetime. Conditions were very different then, but it's a good reminder that life is unpredictable.

We of the older generation may not live to see the decisive battles of this coming revolution. But I can, I believe, express the confident hope that the youth which is working so splendidly in the socialist movement of Switzerland, and of the whole world, will be fortunate enough not only to fight, but also to win, in the coming proletarian revolution.

https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/jan/09.htm

[–] SovietReporter@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 hours ago

Damn, so he at least saw young people be revolutionary. Most people younger than me that I meet are fascist or soc dems.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 10 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I wonder how pessimistic Lenin would have been if he knew about Vaush.

[–] axont@hexbear.net 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

People like Vaush have always existed. Lenin had to live at the same time as Eduard Bernstein and Kautsky (to a lesser extent)

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The Kautsky comparison always gets brought up but Kautsky actually read Marx and wasn't a pedophile.

[–] axont@hexbear.net 6 points 4 hours ago

You got me there

The kind Vladimir Ilyich would have funny clown hammered everyone here.