Communists are on about the same moral level as Nazis, but few people acknowledge this or notice that there are far more of them around.
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I stand corrected wrt timespans. I feel like I have in fact seen a puff piece somewhere about Hitler's veganism etc, but
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I may just be remembering the usual 'you know who else', though. I can't see these as a sincere endorsement of communism, though, honestly.
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The very first one, by Tariq Ali, certainly is. The ones about environmentalism and sex are obscene bundles of lies and apology.
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Ali's piece seems less like an endorsement of communism and more like an endorsement of Lenin, himself, as its usher into Russia.
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He does want to say that post-Soviet Russia is in a shitty state, but I don't consider that a controversial position.
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That's my read, anyways. Insufficient condemnation appears to qualify as endorsement right now, though, so it must, then, be endorsement.
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Ali's an actual Communist activist, though, quite famous for it. NYT chose him to lead the series.
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Imagine NYT commissioning eg Richard Spencer to write a thoughtful piece on the writing of Mein Kampf.
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