Question by Rev-’em-up Wright: Was Nikita Khrushchev right?
“I once said, “We will bury you,” and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.”
Nikita Khrushchev
USSR
Communist Party Leader
1956-1964
Russia still exists, and it is still Nikita’s Russia.
The USSR was communist in name only, they believed in economic socialism, but the communist party ruled as fascists. As with Nazi Germany, the Nazis claimed a government that was socialist, again economic socialism, but they too ruled as facists. And in both cases being a member of the “party” meant one was above the common people.
GunnyC, of course he was talking about Russia and the USSR, after all he was Russian. Who else would he refer to as “we.” Of course he was speaking about Communism and the Marxist/Leninist movements that brought the communists to power in Russia and formed the USSR.
As John McCain said about Putin, “when I looked him in the eye, I saw KGB.”
Joan S, yes, of course, but mother Russia still exists and always was the power behind the USSR. Although Reagan took credit for ending the Cold War, it was actually the economic conditions that killed the USSR. But make no mistake, dealing with Russia is the same as dealing with the USSR.
Answers and Views:
Answer by Joan S
Doesn’t look like it. The USSR ceased to exist during the REAGAN era… it was dismantled from the inside, Remember?
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GunnyC says
He was not talking about Russia or the Soviet Union; he was a committed communist and believed the communist form of government/economics would destroy the US. He was wrong and true Marxist communism does not exist in any country in the world. Putin and the current leadership in Russia (actually to a varying degree all leadership their since the breakup of the USSR) are not communist but are nationalist. The concern they have is with Russia's place and influence within the world power structure and not the communist form of government/economics. He was wrong about that for varying reasons but the main one being that Marxist communism, when you look at it objectively and remove the nationalistic side added during the Cold War, depends on basically perfect people who have no self interest but are all committed to the "greater good" in total. The problem with that is people will and do have self interest and are not willing to totally commit themselves to working and improving everyone without so additional something for themselves. Innovation, invention and challenge seem to go away when nothing is personal but all is for the good of and credited to the whole.
sourabh v says
awesome!!
Sophie says
Yes, he was. Can't say people didn't warn us. We've built up a superior military, but if you go back you'll see so many notable figures in history telling us — it will come from within.
I was pulling my hair out trying to make sense of the liberal mentality until I heard Bezmenov.