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Did you realize that John Lennon's song Imagine is actually a song about The Communist Manifesto?

He said so himself. So the song is literally about asking to join the communist revolution. He himself "isn't exactly a commie" but the song is about it. Funny how so many people love the song and its message, and then go on to bash communism, not realizing Soviet communism is hardly communism, and most modern commies are either Marxist or Marxist-Leninist. I'm very Marxist, although I do share some Leninist ideas. But the song is definitely pure Marxist and now it's my favorite Beatles song, as it's a peaceful call to the communist revolution :D I suppose you could call it... Lennonism. :P Someone was going to make the joke.

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FrankShore

I don't believe there is any connection between modern communism and the Marx brothers, Chico, Harpo, Groucho,· Gummo and Zeppo. In any event, I always preferred Engles over Marx.
On can always wonder what if Trotsky had run the Russian revolution instead of the mentally unstable, paranoid Stalin? Trotsky was a good guy.

Actactualaredey

You know what they say. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. He would have had Stalin's and Stalin, his rep, most likely.

FrankShore

I don't think so. George Washington had absolute power. His army wanted to make him King of the US. If he had wanted, he could have been our first king, instead of our first president.

FrankShore

Trotsky and Stalin were two different people. Moreover, Lenin was no Stalin even though he had absolute power. It was actually Stalin who made himself all powerful by killing off all his rivals.

whiterabbit559

Jokester lol