Gulag Archipelago is an absolute must-read -- but just be warned, it's really gruesome and can be very, very depressing.
Especially when you reflect that these things really did happen, and just a generation or two ago. And that it's what the scum in power have in plan for us even today.
Indeed. What makes it so depressing is the fact that Soviet-based societies eventually all ended up being organized around lies. Which is exactly where we're headed (or are currently at, depending on your viewpoint).
Living your life in deceit is not living a life at all.
“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
Next book should be gulag archipelago
Agreed. That first chapter,"Arrested!" is spooky and prescient.
Thanks! Added this one to the list as well.
Gulag Archipelago is an absolute must-read -- but just be warned, it's really gruesome and can be very, very depressing.
Especially when you reflect that these things really did happen, and just a generation or two ago. And that it's what the scum in power have in plan for us even today.
Indeed. What makes it so depressing is the fact that Soviet-based societies eventually all ended up being organized around lies. Which is exactly where we're headed (or are currently at, depending on your viewpoint).
Living your life in deceit is not living a life at all.
“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”