On 2/16/2009, I received two comments, disagreeing with some of the book’s statements. I wish I were a historian able to address the issues. The book describes what I learned more knowledgeable people.


COMMENT 1
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db0 replied to your comment on Misunderstanding Communism: It's not USSR / A Division by Zer0:

I just finished reading the book. I disagree that the October revolution was a mistake. If anything it was a solution to the compromising social democrats who were selling the worker's struggle to the Bourgeoisie

[http://dbzer0.com/blog/misunderstanding-communism-its-not-ussr]

In reply to your comment:

P.S. 1) In other words, Bolshevik Revolution (October 1917, not February 1917) was a big social engineering mistake. What can be done to prevent this kind of mistakes? 2) Please consider my appeal for help, at the end of http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/excerpts.html... Thank you in advance.

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COMMENT 2
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db0 replied to your comment on Misunderstanding Communism: It's not USSR / A Division by Zer0:

But many bad things, such brutal suppression of Kronstadt rebellion, imprisonment of Mensheviks, etc. were introduced when Lenin was the leader. Those commented above do know about dark aspects of Soviet history. Those who are not familiar with it might learn about it from my short and easy-to-read book
Ok, a few things. The Kronstadt suppression happened because the Kronstadiers at that point were nothing like the revolutionary elements which inhabited this fortress in the Revolutionary days. They were the arm of the counter-revolution.

[http://www.sa.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=207&Itemid=106]

[http://dbzer0.com/blog/misunderstanding-communism-its-not-ussr#IDComment15289145]

In reply to your comment:

1) You wrote: " . . . Russian communism ceased to exist as soon as Stalin came to power. . . . ." But many bad things, such brutal suppression of Kronstadt rebellion, imprisonment of Mensheviks, etc. were introduced when Lenin was the leader. Those commented above do know about dark aspects of Soviet history. Those who are not familiar with it might learn about it from my short and easy-to-read book http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/excerpts.html... 2) I suspect that Russians would suffer less without proletarian dictatorship imposed by Lenin. (Read about their first post-tsarist government--Kerenski, duma, etc.). Russians had everything needed to economically catch up with other European nations, in a decade or two. Lenin is not less responsible for what happened than Stalin. 3) By the way, some of you might like to read this OpEds http://www.opednews.com/articles/Socialism-Is-Not... Ludwik

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