“On the danger of sacrificing principle for pragmatism” ~ George Askaroff writes where his great-grandfather ended up “pragmatically” supporting the Bolsheviks
this is most obviously a warning tale of authoritarian (capital “C”) Communism yet i’m thinking of the obvious conundrum leftists & liberals face in US just a few weeks ahead of our general election.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/10/22/a-cautionary-tale-from-my-russian-anarchist-great-grandfather/
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