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As the 20th century fades into the past Communism will be seen for what it truly was: the Other Totalitarianism, arguably the greater one. This judgment was held at bay by its hordes of professional apologists. As that coating wears off the verdict can no longer be avoided.
This will upset the True Believers those who believed in what turned out to be the most murderous ideology of all time. The sad truth is that good intentions are often at the heart of many evils. Meine Ehre heißt Treue was sincerely uttered also.

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Are the True Believers supposed to forget it? No, they'll just have to live with it. Like the relatives of all those people their beautiful murderous ideology killed.
It would be interesting to know how much aggressive virtue signaling is really driven by the secret guilt and growing awareness, not of being worse than others -- for all men are sinners -- but of being no better.
We used to say back in the day that the primary reason people joined the ranks of the grim and determined was to escape from mediocrity. They just couldn't stand the idea they weren't special.
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