if this guy was an actual socialist and believes what he says (i.e. US has used this book for 50+ years to continue its brutal empire), how has he not killed himself yet? like seriously, i get he’s a trot so he probably thinks some psychotic shit like “helping the US to bring down the worst perversion of socialism ever, the USSR, was actually a very very good thing” .

but like this is maybe understandable if you havent seen all the horrific suffering since the collapse of the USSR, including possible irreversible climate change induced extinction, let alone all of the other horrible shit the USA has done. to head off “great man theory accusations”, ill just say that even someone else taking 5 year to study and explain this could have potentially led to a diffreent outcome to the cold war. it also ultimately shouldnt allieviate the guilt for you yourself donig this instead of someone else 10 years down the line. we dont really give the same kind of grace to US veterans: you were a willing foot soldier of the US empire, so you should feel horrific about yourself, and if you were to end your own life, we would laugh at you. instead, it more so seems like hudson is bragging about it to me, which is very very very gross. you should be mortified over this shit man, wtf are you doing