Why is the Capitalist Bad and the Commissar Good?

PJ Media
by Barry Rubin

It’s amazing that almost a century after the institution of Communism in Russia and almost a quarter-century after its fall the most basic mistake of the Marxist-Leninist system is still being ignored by those who are called the “smartest” people in society. And it isn’t being taught to young people either, many of whom are repeating an old mistake that has already cost so much in bloodshed and suffering.

Here is the simple, catastrophic mistake:

The capitalist is greedy and short-sighted. But the commissar looks after the interests of everyone and is fair and disinterested.

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