The Russian Revolution, off the tracks of history.

Rating: Null/10 (9 February 2006)

Men such as Marx and Lenin saw a dream of a single nation of workers, no masters or lords to reap the rewards of other's labors. What a simple maxim, "From each according to his abilities, and to each according to his needs." But the success of such a grand idea rested upon the good intentions of men, and that has always been a road to ruin. That interim "state" never withered away... it simply grew as a choking vine on everything and pulled all the dreams down into the mud. What a waste of human life, and what an example of the Russian people's ability to suffer long and hard, through a world war and a long cold communist winter. Much the same as the generation that endured that Second World War, I remain in awe of such people.