People divide naturally into those who understand Marxism-Leninism and those who don’t. Confusingly, those who don’t include a fair number of Marxist-Leninists out of power, who often cling to the illusion that once they are in power, the ideology by which they shape their lives will somehow be “different” from what the experience of all countries with Marxist-Leninist governments proves it to be.
The heart of the illusion lies in the fact that power, once achieved, confers on the Marxist-Leninist elite not only the ability, but also the obligation, duty, and right to shape the lives of all who live within the limits of that power. Those who resist or reject such shaping become, by definition, enemies of the people, to be tortured, remolded, or just plain liquidated in the name of the allembracing ideology.
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