Narva, Estónia, por Miss Precious“I shall draw to a conclusion, with this observation: that there can be no doubt that it it Stalin rather than Hitler who is the most alarming figure of the 20th century.
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I say this not merely because Stalin killed more people that Hitler – although he clearly did – and not even because Stalin was more of a psychopath than Hitler - although he clearly was. I say it because Stalin, unlike Hitler, has not yet been exorcized. And also because Stalin was not a one-off like Hitler, an eruption from nowhere. Stalin stands in a historical tradition of rule by terror which existed before him, which he refined, and which could exist again. His, not Hitler’s, is the spectre that should worry us.
Because, you know, you think about it. You hail a cab in Munich – you don’t find the driver displaying Hitler’s portrait in his cab, do you? Hitler’s birthplace is not a shrine. Hitler grave is not piled with fresh flowers every day. You can’t buy tapes of Hitler’s speeches in the streets of Berlin. Hitler isn’t routinely praised as a ‘great patriot‘ by leading German politics. Hitler’s old party didn’t receive more than 40% of the votes in the last German election.
But all these things are true of Stalin in Russia today (…).
in Archangel de Robert Harris
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I say this not merely because Stalin killed more people that Hitler – although he clearly did – and not even because Stalin was more of a psychopath than Hitler - although he clearly was. I say it because Stalin, unlike Hitler, has not yet been exorcized. And also because Stalin was not a one-off like Hitler, an eruption from nowhere. Stalin stands in a historical tradition of rule by terror which existed before him, which he refined, and which could exist again. His, not Hitler’s, is the spectre that should worry us.
Because, you know, you think about it. You hail a cab in Munich – you don’t find the driver displaying Hitler’s portrait in his cab, do you? Hitler’s birthplace is not a shrine. Hitler grave is not piled with fresh flowers every day. You can’t buy tapes of Hitler’s speeches in the streets of Berlin. Hitler isn’t routinely praised as a ‘great patriot‘ by leading German politics. Hitler’s old party didn’t receive more than 40% of the votes in the last German election.
But all these things are true of Stalin in Russia today (…).
in Archangel de Robert Harris
NOTA DA ESCRIBA - Não é o camarada Iosif Vissarionovich que aqui se vê esticar o bracito para a mãe Rússia que fica do outro lado do rio, mas o camarada Vladimir Ilytch.
Primeira parte no covil
4 comentários:
Essa descrição que o Robert faz é real mas também convenhamos que a reputação do outro foi totalmente à lama...e seria uma vergonha e visto com muito maus olhos se os alemães o aclamassem patriota. Embora existem o movimentos neo-nazis mas são fracções. É apenas uma teoria minha...que sei eu?
Bem, K, obviamente, numa sociedade sã e com tradição de democracia, Hitler nunca poderia ser admirado. Se bem que já tenho ouvido dizer a gente bem insuspeita que tudo o que o homem fez não era mau, o que é sempre um choque.
A questão aqui é que pelas acções do Estaline, também este não devia ser admirado, e pelos vistos é. Mas lá está, a Rússia não tem a tradição democrática de uma Alemanha e os valores apreciados pelos vistos são diferentes dos nossos. Prefere um pulso de ferro mesmo que ligado a um psicopata genocida.
Mas como tu dizes, que sabemos nós? Graças a Deus, nunca nos vimos confrontados com uma situação tão grave.
finalmente aqui vimos uma estátua do camarada ao vivo e a "cores", sem ser encafuada num museu.
Pois, mas apesar de tudo, o único lugar para estas relíquias devia ser mesmo num museu. O facto de andarem ao ar livre assusta-me um bocado, admito, também em ligação com o que diz o texto.
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