Should be included, but the fact that the Soviet Union was established and many more Socialist States and liberatory movements around the world have successfully applied Lenin’s analysis and tools to their own conditions speaks to its practicality. Einstein made a good case for Socialism in Why Socialism? but falls into the same trap many Western leftists do in denying actual leftist movements as “legitimate.” Einstein is speaking against himself here, in admiring Lenin’s devotion to social justice and referring to him as a genuine “guardian and restorer of humanity,” surely he can see that the practical results of that devotion are a consequence of Lenin’s methods?
Should be included, but the fact that the Soviet Union was established and many more Socialist States and liberatory movements around the world have successfully applied Lenin’s analysis and tools to their own conditions speaks to its practicality. Einstein made a good case for Socialism in Why Socialism? but falls into the same trap many Western leftists do in denying actual leftist movements as “legitimate.” Einstein is speaking against himself here, in admiring Lenin’s devotion to social justice and referring to him as a genuine “guardian and restorer of humanity,” surely he can see that the practical results of that devotion are a consequence of Lenin’s methods?