tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post714381006628527955..comments2023-12-29T18:13:21.495-06:00Comments on pink scare: Liberty as protection against counterrevolutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-38585586588490585842009-08-18T21:44:06.824-05:002009-08-18T21:44:06.824-05:00I totally agree. So did the Bolsheviks, incidental...I totally agree. So did the Bolsheviks, incidentally. <br /><br />In fact nearly all of them premised their arguments on the Left at the time on the thought that the revolution in Russia would only be worth pursuing at that time if similar uprisings were to occur in Germany and Western Europe. They had good reason to think that this could happen at the time. But what followed was the defeat of attempted uprisings in Germany and a brutal Russian civil war in which troops from dozens of foreign nations joined Russian counter-revolutionaries in attempting to strangle the revolution in its cradle. The Bolsheviks won the war, but at a very high cost. By the end of it they found themselves internationally isolated and their country in complete shambles. <br /><br />The interesting question for me, is what happened between the end of the Civil War and the rise to power of Stalin? As far as I'm concerned, once Stalin had consolidated his power the revolution was already dead.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268192967377248928noreply@blogger.com