Saturday September 23, 2023
  • Venezuela
  • Mexico
  • Colombia
  • Chile
  • Brazil
  • Argentina
  • Podcast
Versión Español
PanAm Post
  • Home
  • Regions
    • South America
    • North America
    • Central America
    • Caribbean
  • Politics
  • Economics
  • Opinion
  • Podcast
  • Authors
  • Contact
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Regions
    • South America
    • North America
    • Central America
    • Caribbean
  • Politics
  • Economics
  • Opinion
  • Podcast
  • Authors
  • Contact
No Result
View All Result
PanAm Post
No Result
View All Result

Home » Capitalist Victory: Russians Want to Sell Lenin to Cover Fiscal Deficit

Capitalist Victory: Russians Want to Sell Lenin to Cover Fiscal Deficit

Marcelo Duclos by Marcelo Duclos
June 22, 2020
in Economics, Europe, News
FacebookTwitterTelegramWhatsapp
The Russian state has official photos of the body and prohibits visitors from taking pictures of the Communist leader’s remains (Twitter).

Spanish – The history of Russian socialism is full of contradictions, starting with the 1917 revolution itself. Karl Marx believed that communism was bound to flourish after the collapse of capitalism. The bourgeois economy would do its job, generating the wealth that Marx himself recognized as unprecedented in human history. But the exploitation of the proletariat would end the model based on private ownership of the means of production.

In other words, for there to be socialism, there had to be capitalism. However, their scientific socialism did not flourish in England, nor the United States. It took place in a backward economy with strong agrarian, not industrial, influence, under the grip of the Czarist rule.

RelatedArticles

Maduro’s Trial Falls Behind Despite Coordination Between Interim Government and ICC

June 15, 2021
Three Signs That Elon Musk Has the World at His Fingertips

15 Republicans Who Voted Against Trump Are Already Facing the Consequences

February 1, 2021

The monuments to his image were erected, where Marx said it was not possible. The economic, political, social, and cultural failures came later. As the first Austrian School economists warned, Marx’s theory of value was wrong. So the thesis of surplus-value proved to be null and void. The economy without private property, which also did not have prices that functioned as signals to allocate resources, failed wherever it has been implemented.

Although the Soviet Union is in the past, history continues to give us anecdotes that remind us of the misguided nature of socialism. Some are very expensive, as the Venezuelan tragedy, but others are funny and colorful, like the fortunes that are paid for the manuscripts and first editions of Marx’s erroneous books. These prices themselves reveal the subjective nature of value at its best. It is yet another blow for the disgraceful thesis of scientific socialism, which has already claimed more than 100 million victims around the world.

What happened this week in Russia is a new tragi-comic page in socialist history. Lenin said that the capitalists would sell the ropes with which they themselves would be hanged. Currently, his mummy is rolling in the mausoleum where his remains lie. The fact is that he is the one they want to sell and not the greedy capitalists, but the Russian politicians.

It turns out that the Russian state has to spend over 170,000 euros a year to keep Lenin’s remains, as it has been since 1924. The novel coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc throughout the world, and many countries are looking at ways to reduce public spending.

The proponent of the peculiar proposal was Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the LDPR party, a force in opposition to Putin’s government. The Russian politician proposed the following on social media:

“We could sell Lenin’s mummy. There are buyers: China, Vietnam, or some other kind of communist country. And Lenin’s body is in good condition. It was mummified only 96 years ago.”

The government, for the time being, has not considered the proposal, but its mere mention has already written a new story in the long list of communist contradictions. “Selling’ a body… something that could even spark misgivings in the most ardent defenders of private property, flexible prices, and the market economy.

Marcelo Duclos

Marcelo Duclos

Marcelo Duclos is a reporter for the PanAm Post from Buenos Aires. He studied journalism at Taller Escuela Agencia (TEA) and went on to pursue a master's degree in Political Science and Economics at Eseade.

Related Posts

News

Maduro’s Trial Falls Behind Despite Coordination Between Interim Government and ICC

June 15, 2021
Three Signs That Elon Musk Has the World at His Fingertips
News

15 Republicans Who Voted Against Trump Are Already Facing the Consequences

February 1, 2021
Three Signs That Elon Musk Has the World at His Fingertips
Analysis

Three Signs That Elon Musk Has the World at His Fingertips

February 1, 2021
Three Key Moments to Remind Us That the UN Is a Nest of Oppressive Regimes
Analysis

Antiracist Baby: Netflix Series Loaded with Racially Indoctrinating Children

January 29, 2021
Three Key Moments to Remind Us That the UN Is a Nest of Oppressive Regimes
Asia

Chinese Regime Silences Relatives of COVID-19 Fatalities During WHO Visit

January 29, 2021
Three Key Moments to Remind Us That the UN Is a Nest of Oppressive Regimes
Analysis

Three Key Moments to Remind Us That the UN Is a Nest of Oppressive Regimes

January 29, 2021
Next Post
The Links Between Black Lives Matter and Nicolas Maduro Revealed

The Links Between Black Lives Matter and Nicolas Maduro Revealed

Subscribe free and never miss another breaking story

  • Venezuela
  • Mexico
  • Colombia
  • Chile
  • Brazil
  • Argentina
  • Podcast

© 2020 PanAm Post - Design & Develop by NEW DREAM GLOBAL CORP. - Privacy policy

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Regions
    • South America
    • North America
    • Central America
    • Caribbean
  • Politics
  • Economics
  • Opinion
  • Podcast
  • Authors
  • Contact

© 2020 PanAm Post - Design & Develop by NEW DREAM GLOBAL CORP. - Privacy policy

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Privacy and Cookie Policy.