This is consensus among even the most conservative of historians, economists, and political scientists I’ve known. On the other hand, I’ve come across quite a few leftists here who disagree. When I lived in Russia the other kids would say it was only the oldest people who had anything good to say about the old system, and everyone else remembered mostly brutality, poverty, and fear.

But it is absolutely the kind of mistake they would make.

They have a simplistic tit-for-tat moral code and ignore the relative degree of contempt telegraphed by different ethnic slurs. Trouble seems to find this sort of person wherever they are. They tend to not be very bright. They will not accept your advice. Best to move on.

She’s always been such an action hero. Even now as the conservatives are emboldened. Tell me who’s gonna lead the god damn revolution.