re: How does the Left take over everything?

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How do they achieve this? This is the reason they are winning the culture war.

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I’m reading the memoirs of Sergei Obolenksy, he was a Russian aristocrat who fought in WW1, and the Russian Civil War before coming to America. He ended up adopting the United States and fought as an American in WW2.

One of his tutors was a Menshevik and there’s a painful exchange early in the book, where his tutor talks about the future. The conversation probably occurs around 1908.

The Mensheviks have sidelined their rivals the Bolsheviks, but his tutor is filled with angst. It’s not a victory. He says “we’re idealists” and “dreamers” and the Bolsheviks are ruthless, organized, and practical.

He warns Sergei that if there’s a disaster in Russia, there will be a socialist revolution, and the Bolsheviks will win.

The thought terrifies him.

I think that’s a constant. These people are organized, and ruthless. They will do whatever it takes. They also understand how a small minority can corrupt and take over larger organizations through clever politics and force of will.