Link: God Before Food: Philosophy, Russian Style - Chronicle.com.
"Which raises the most chilling aspect of "Lenin's Private War": how the years 1920-22 resemble 2003-7. Slow but steady elimination of all opposition media. Obstruction of fair elections. Murders of prominent critics of the regime. Creation of a propaganda-fed youth group. Imposition of slanted educational texts. Criminalization of dissent. Concentration of power in the hands of one tough guy at the top.
"Memo to Russian philosophers: Hang on to your life jackets."
