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Entry: The Origins of the Pod People Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_origins_of_the_pod_people#9538 Post contents: @ Kirt, "Then basically what you are saying, John, is that Stalin and all his successors right down to the collapse of the USSR considered the establishment of Communism throughout the world to be essential to Russian national interest." No that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that Stalin and his successors pretended to care about "Communism" as a ruse to sustain their own Party's legitimacy in the USSR, and to dupe useful idiots in other countries to collaborate with them. (And gloss: Castro didn't become pro-Soviet because he cared about "Communism"; he allied himself with the USSR, and called himself a "Communist", because he was anti-American.) But I mostly agree with you that both nationalism and internationalism are enemies of true patriotism - a word which you didn't use, but I'm suggesting it to you as an alternative to both nationalism AND internationalism. Sent at: 2008 11 22