Rebecca Solnit: Falling Together

I do understand the central theme but I cant help but recognize the bit of socialism/communism that is lauded as having some postive results in the end. To say that although Russia did not benefit from their communist agenda, other parts of Europe have (from socialism), ignores the horrifc deaths and torture of millions of innocent people at the hands of Stalin. I am not convinced that the end result is positive, be it in Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, Islamic countries and many others that push their communist, tolitarian way of life. Yes, disasters do bring us together in a positve way but socialism and communism is not a disaster in the same sense. It is a planned ideology.