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12 hrs agoLiked by Jon Miltimore

Thanks, you hooked me - this book has been on my radar for a while and now I’m going to read it next.

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I’ve read it twice and I didn’t like it it as much the second time but it is a must read. As to translation, opinions vary . I’ve been perfectly happy with Constance Garnetts old translation but it has its detractors.

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It's an amazing book. You'll love it.

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51 mins agoLiked by Jon Miltimore

He’s my favorite Russian author!

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Same.

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You constantly confuse socialism with communism. I doubt it's an accident. For everybody else, they are two completely different animals. Canada and England are socialist. The Soviet Union used to be communist, now it's just fascist which is really what old style communism was. Even communism isn't what it once was in, say, China which is doing remarkably well at the moment under central planning by Xi, so we'll neo-conservative Trump is planning to impose a 100 percent "beautiful" tarrif on everything they make. Don't know about Dusty, but there is a movie version of "The Brothers . . " with William Shatner playing the monk. Just in case someone needs the short version.

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Marx himself often used the terms socialism and communism interchangeably because he saw communism as the natural progression of socialism.

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