The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
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About Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky was a 19th-century soviet politician and revolutionary. Lev Davidovich Trotsky, better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and political theorist. He was a key figure in the 1905 Revolution, October Revolution of 1917, Russian Civil War, and the establishment of the Soviet Union, from which he was exiled in 1929 before his assassination in 1940. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
- Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality
- Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power