You're far better off reading Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago IMHO. Everyone "knows" about the Nazi concentration camps, but few are aware that the Soviets killed 10x as many people as the Germans--mostly Russian Orthodox Christians. Do you ever ask yourself why that massive disparity in historical knowledge exists?
Can’t disagree with you there. I think the hammer and sickle should be as repulsive as the nazi swastika. I just happened to recently listen to Man’s Search for Meaning and found it gave me hope we could get through this. Gulag Archipelago is on my reading list, but I have heard it’s extremely long and for anyone already awake, could cause more despair than hope. I’m already aware of the dangers of tyranny/communism/socialism, so I don’t need a deeper look into the living hell those people went through. It is, however, vital to understand this very old playbook that was put into action then and now again, so this is not meant to discourage reading that as well. Read both and draw your own conclusions.
You're far better off reading Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago IMHO. Everyone "knows" about the Nazi concentration camps, but few are aware that the Soviets killed 10x as many people as the Germans--mostly Russian Orthodox Christians. Do you ever ask yourself why that massive disparity in historical knowledge exists?
Can’t disagree with you there. I think the hammer and sickle should be as repulsive as the nazi swastika. I just happened to recently listen to Man’s Search for Meaning and found it gave me hope we could get through this. Gulag Archipelago is on my reading list, but I have heard it’s extremely long and for anyone already awake, could cause more despair than hope. I’m already aware of the dangers of tyranny/communism/socialism, so I don’t need a deeper look into the living hell those people went through. It is, however, vital to understand this very old playbook that was put into action then and now again, so this is not meant to discourage reading that as well. Read both and draw your own conclusions.
Point taken. It is true, Gulag is quite a slog to get through and can definitely be incredibly bleak.