For me it has to be Malcom X, I’m not American, but I read his autobiography
when I was young and it left a life long impression on me about justice and
resiliency. He grew up in an extremely oppressive society, his dad was murdered
and his mother was sent to the loony bin and he was clearly lost an...
Lenin betrayed the revolution because he lost the 1917 election.
He dissolved the newly elected assembly 13 hours into it's first meeting. (Not that the meeting lasted for 13 hours, they had adjourned for the day, and then Lenin declared them all Counter Revolutionary)
That single act started the Russian Civil War.
Then he has the gall to claim that the new totalitarian government he formed was in any way socialist.
If the state owns everything, and you have zero say in what that state does, then you don't live under socialism, you live under feudalism.
The vast amount that Lenin contributed to Marxist Theory and his vital role in creating the first Socialist State, which uplifted hundreds of millions of people and supported numerous anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movements the world over, is absolutely worthy of praise.
I’m sure the Ukrainians, Chechens, Georgians, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Armenians and more resoundingly agree with this take
I feel general ranting can go here, but mod bans for trivial or made up reason like this could also be crossposted to YPTB to help get it some activity. It doesn't have to be an either/or situation.
Idk who downvoted you but I've only ever really seen him be exceedingly polite. Like, he'll get into a debate with someone who's clearly just there to stir shit and he will quite patiently and honestly respond to their concerns.
Love or hate his political opinions, he's just so nice it's hard to be mad at him.