The late Mikhail Gorbachev on #communism: 🚩 
Been re-evaluating Gorby since his recent passing, reviewing his legacy, reading his words.
Obituarists admired his decency, but what they find merit in has often been off the mark.
He was NOT a convert to western liberalism – he wanted to save communism, not bury it.
Obituarists admired his decency, but what they find merit in has often been off the mark.
He was NOT a convert to western liberalism – he wanted to save communism, not bury it.
Francis Fukuyama wrote The End of History and The Last Man in 1992, which climaxed in the dawn of a new universal liberal order.
Neoliberalism as a political theory became the mood of the time — not the communist idea of “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”.
It ushered in an era of western triumphalism.
It ushered in an era of western triumphalism.
In this 1993 interview with the late Larry King on CNN, Gorby was asked how he wanted history to remember him.
He said he would leave that up to us. 📕
He said he would leave that up to us. 📕
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