I’d characterize leftists as those seeking
an earthly messiah to lead them to an earthly
promised land based on some earthly ideology.
It just ends up being a trip to hell. “Democratic
Socialism” is the same trip done in slow motion.
Sort of like the one degree at a time lobster
in the pot. The advantage of Democratic
Socialism is that you still have time for
buyers remorse.
Stalin made pacts with Nazi Germany and
Imperial Japan not France and England-
how come? Oh well David Peace would say
he intended to break or eventually did
break the pacts-how comforting.
Well David Peace will say Germany persecuted
communists and the USSR did the same to
Nazis. This proves they are different
poles. But didn’t the USSR destroy Trotskyites
as well-hmm. But the Nazis persecuted Jews
and the Soviet Union-umm lets move on.
Fact of the matter Fascism grew out of
Socialism and the Nazis were a flavor of
Fascism. Lets give it a religious analogy-
the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic
Church-last time I checked they were all
Christians with differences.
The Nazis and Communists are both of the
stuff-totalitarian, murderous, earthly,
man made and Darwinian. Violence is their
stock-in-trade-Hitler/Rohm, Stalin/Trotsky
internally and externally.
The final recourse David Peace has is to
something that happened hundreds of years
ago. David Peace-we are talking about living
memory and the here and now.
Enjoy
JB
