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Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary and architect of the Soviet Union, died from syphilis caught from a Parisian prostitute and not from a stroke as has always been believed, new research has claimed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6406447/...laims.html
I've always wondered why Lenin and Trotsky were never demonized in the schools and media growing up. By all means, the guy was an absolute tyrant who murdered the Tsar's family (children included). In addition to being murderer of children, the man pitted women against men by promoting the sexual revolution. The sexual revolution ultimately lead to female hyper-gamy and low-investment parenting, and it also promoted feminism in the job market. Not only that, but he also confiscated food from peasant farmers which lead to a famine that claimed the lives of millions of people.
Hitler and Mussolini are derided as being incarnations of evil today, but the truth of the matter is these people underwent a lot of privation and sacrifice in their life. Hitler's dad died when he was 12 and his mom died when he was 18 from a battle with breast cancer. He lived on the streets of Vienna as a starving artist, and he also scraped by financially by doing odd jobs in the trades. Like Hitler, Mussolini also underwent a lot of adversity in his life. Mussolini was a general laborer and he also risked his life and limb in WWI much like Hitler. Both of them were also imprisoned for their political views. The two men might have had their transgressions, but they also did some real positive things as well.
By contrast, Lenin and Trotsky grew up in rather wealthy families. Trotsky's family owned a 400 acre farm that hired several day-laborers, it also had a engine operated mill and 3 barns. Lenin too had a privileged background because his father was a superintendent that oversaw the foundation of over 450 schools. After the revolution was implemented, Lenin's cronies married into the former Aristocracy. Lenin also splurged on 9 Roll's Royces. This was at a time when most Russian peasants were using a plow to farm their fields. Lenin eventually went on to occupy a palace, and Trotsky took up residence in one of the finest mansions in Moscow. These people preached equality and re-distribution of wealth, but they themselves lived high off the hog.
What are your thoughts? Do you believe Lenin and Trotsky deserve to be vilified? Or do you believe they are wrongfully maligned by historical revisionists?