Did you come across the Philip Roth quote in your travels? Archived Message
Posted by Der on August 13, 2022, 2:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Good stuff. More power to your elbow. I wouldn't have the patience. NM"
“Look, everything the Communists say about capitalism is true, and everything the capitalists say about Communism is true. The difference is, our system works because it's based on the truth about people's selfishness, and theirs doesn't because it's based on a fairy tale about people's brotherhood. It's such a crazy fairy tale they've got to take people and put them in Siberia in order to get them to believe it.” ― Philip Roth, I Married a Communist https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8430979-look-everything-the-communists-say-about-capitalism-is-true-and
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