Think Draw - Picture - What Is To Be Done?

Title: What Is To Be Done?
created on 14 Nov 11

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1. chelydra wrote: Little Mister Ulianov, age 4, already wonder what was to be done. 25 years later, writing under the name of V.I. Lenin, he offered the answer, and Bolshevism was born.
2. chelydra wrote: "What Is To Be Done?" (1901) was arguably the most influential book of the 20th Century. (And ebven as a child, the author was the Reddest of Russians, as you can see.)
3. chelydra wrote: pardon my many typos.
4. Lizzi wrote: Granted. Very interesting. I am glad you explained, as I thought it was a case of terminal rosacea.:)
5. Lizzi wrote: An adorable child. â™¥ the little curls.
6. chelydra wrote: A lot of people seem to have found Lenin adorable, throughout his life. He seems have been the least egotistical of political leaders, never putting on airs, just trying to make sure what he thought needed to be done got done.
7. chelydra wrote: I haven't seen this idea in print anywhere (haven't really looked) but it seems to me that Lenin's formula for a centralized half-public half-covert party structure was borrowed by Hitler among others to win and consolidate their own revolutions. In a nut
8. chelydra wrote: -shell, the idea is to do whatever you want and allow little or no meaningful discussion of your decisions.
9. AFSOUTH wrote: Wow! Outstanding!
10. chelydra wrote: Thanks. More on Lenin: No one seems to have noticed that "What is to Be Done?" and the resulting system of "monolithic" top-down power was a gross violation of the principles of Dialectical and Historical Material, the theoretical underpinnings of Marxis
11. pollyesther wrote: A darling little dictator; he looks just like mine when he is discontent...lol
12. chelydra wrote: m. Paradoxically, free enterprise and democracy (even in their corrupted and limited actuality) DO embody the ideas of D&HM. The key word is 'dialectics' akin to 'dialogue' - decision-making is decentralized and systems evolve over time, as in nature.
13. chelydra wrote: Hi Polly! If you can google up the photo of Lenin at 4, you'll see the limitations of beads (or my impatience) resulted in a simplistic caricature. Lenin at 4 really looked far wiser and deeper than this.
14. chelydra wrote: Might add some positive things about him another time. Good night.
15. Normal wrote: A wise and deep 4-yr-old is rare, but I've known a couple! Good take!
16. 56rosie wrote: pic reminds me of a child taking a time out. beautifully done.
17. lesley_gene wrote: Even at this young age, you have depicted his determination and deep thought!
18. suzze wrote: :)
19. Shanley wrote: just ran across this pic. Delightful,ditto Normal! hope you're ok and will visit TD soon. :)
20. lexa wrote: this portrait caught my attention and is very well done - even with the reddish cast :) who it is surprised me. the discussion is interesting, too. too bad Stalin came along - a good-looking but just horrible dictator (to say the least). hard to belie
21. lexa wrote: hard to believe some Russians still idolize him.
22. lexa wrote: so i looked up the photo - he's not angry in the photo at all - somewhat determined, but smiling and sweet. so this portrait is definitely and interpretation of young and older Lenin - which is fine. it's still a good portrait. https://en.wikipedia.org/
23. lexa wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_ life_of_Vladimir_Lenin