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Entry: The Origins of the Pod People Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_origins_of_the_pod_people#9540 Post contents: Since the pretense of caring about Communism consisted of establishing and supporting Communist governments wherever possible, then (to paraphrase Churchill), the pretense is most convincing. Put another way, what exactly would Stalin have done differently had he actually been a Communist rather than a Russian nationalist in deep cover? And don't say he would not have betrayed other socialists or made agreements with non-Communists - this was stock in trade of the Bolsheviks under Lenin and Trotsky as well. Indeed Lenin's New Economic Plan was far more of a retreat from Communism than anything Stalin ever did. Sent at: 2008 11 22