tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660901311853360160.post2627392325489918452..comments2023-05-08T05:02:15.918-07:00Comments on Free Lemming: Eric Hoffer on "The True Believer"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660901311853360160.post-16456102401411318422010-01-30T09:59:06.673-08:002010-01-30T09:59:06.673-08:00By the way, it's no coincidence that Stalin be...By the way, it's no coincidence that Stalin became increasingly "socially conservaive" as his regime progressed (as opposed to the early Bolshevik era, a form of socialist Puritanism developed) and even ended up addressing Soviet citizens as "brothers and sisters" (Russian Orthodox Church lingo). The regime's cruel crackdown on the church soon ended since it was found to be basically harmless, since church leaders did not oppose the regime and many of them were even incorporated into it. The Russian Orthodox Church became an affiliate of KGB and still remains closely linked to the Kremlin's FSB-led criminal gang. <br />This also illustrates fundamental affinity between these two kinds of fanaticism.Reaganxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767392975509574516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660901311853360160.post-91641271198456850852010-01-30T05:55:21.377-08:002010-01-30T05:55:21.377-08:00Or to read books in general, I might add.
Serious...Or to read books in general, I might add.<br /><br />Seriously though, one should always make a concerted effort to engage material that doesn't jibe with one's worldview. Then again, you do read this blog, and I am sure you disagree with most of what is written on it.<br /><br />Ultimately, one should always strive to live in truth, as painful as that may be sometimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660901311853360160.post-77351194084806769292010-01-30T04:03:52.910-08:002010-01-30T04:03:52.910-08:00I have heard of this guy but have never read his b...I have heard of this guy but have never read his books; one comment I think I found on amazon about the book noted it fueled "dr. laura's conversion to christianity" (my paraphrase) ; if that is true, it is a good reason in and of itself never to read his books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com