1. He's an idealist, this David Rovics, if he thinks that would be the outcome of a revolution.
As you likely know, it was recently (Nov. 7th) the anniversary of the Soviet "Great October Revolution". Its 99th anniversary.
I think you've read more history than I have and I needn't tell you what the consequences of _that_ revolution had been. Or what the consequences of other revolutions in other countries, at different times throughout history, had been.
The Bolsheviks, you know, had a newspaper called "Iskra"--"The Spark"--and this was the motto of it--
"Наш скромный труд не пропадёт; из Искры разгорится пламя!"
("Our humble work won't be in vain, from this Spark a flame will start!")
...yeah. did they start a conflagration. Did they ever. That's the problem with starting a fire--it might spread out much further than one wishes...and often does...crowd psychology, etc.
2. It reminds me a bit of John Lennon's "Imagine"
3. It reminds me a bit of a passage in Tennyson's "Locksley Hall, 60 years after"--I think you know the passage I mean?
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1. He's an idealist, this David Rovics, if he thinks that would be the outcome of a revolution.
As you likely know, it was recently (Nov. 7th) the anniversary of the Soviet "Great October Revolution". Its 99th anniversary.
I think you've read more history than I have and I needn't tell you what the consequences of _that_ revolution had been. Or what the consequences of other revolutions in other countries, at different times throughout history, had been.
The Bolsheviks, you know, had a newspaper called "Iskra"--"The Spark"--and this was the motto of it--
"Наш скромный труд не пропадёт; из Искры разгорится пламя!"
("Our humble work won't be in vain, from this Spark a flame will start!")
...yeah. did they start a conflagration. Did they ever. That's the problem with starting a fire--it might spread out much further than one wishes...and often does...crowd psychology, etc.
2. It reminds me a bit of John Lennon's "Imagine"
3. It reminds me a bit of a passage in Tennyson's "Locksley Hall, 60 years after"--I think you know the passage I mean?
...that's all :)