PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2012/01/08/you-cannot-reform-a-totalitarian/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:37:00 -0400You Cannot Reform a Totalitarian (You've Got to Defeat Him)<![CDATA[Back when I was even younger, and living in Rome, the main topic of conversation was of course Communism.  Italy had the largest Communist Party outside the Soviet Union, and it was forever on the cusp of becoming the biggest party in Italy, thus forming the government, thus taking over.  (Marginal comment for those who aren&#8217;t up on 20th century Italian political history:  it never happened.)]]>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:51:57 -0500<![CDATA[Michael Ledeen]]>https://pjmedia.com/michael-ledeen/2012/01/08/you-cannot-reform-a-totalitarian-n187458