Originally Posted By tiggertoo Okay, I see. No harm done. I was just confused as to your aim. All is well. Yes, Russians were indeed naïve, but the Marxist utopia just seemed too alluring, especially in contrast to life under Tsar Nicholas II and the disastrous Russian campaigns of WWI. They were like dry kindling waiting for the smallest of sparks. And Lenin’s well organized Bolshevik Party was just that.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal Do you think that in some of these cases that hindsight is 20/20? I mean, I assume they didn't they they were choosing another oppressive way of life that wouldn't afford them the necessities they desired...
Originally Posted By cape cod joe Absoutely Ima--You forget the time period wasn't good at all in Europe and if I was there, right after the war to end all wars WW1, whatever they were selling, I would have been buying too. People were looking for hope and Lenin was nothing if not hope. Hitler, more the power game then hope, but vladimir was HOPE incarnate.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe Yeah Tig--You probably remember the course material better than I do, but the 19th century was not very kind to the Russian people in terms of leaders, hence the omnipresent vacuum that seems to creep in.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo <<I assume they didn't they they were choosing another oppressive way of life that wouldn't afford them the necessities they desired...>> Absolutely imadisneygal! Starvation was another huge factor in the brewing revolution. And then having Lenin stepping in touting the Marxist slogan: "From each according to his capabilities, to each according to his need" (or something like that), you bet Russian were willing to listen. Hunger is, after all, the master motivator. You are right Joe, the late 19th, early 20th century Russia was about the worst place one could dare live.
