Jeanne-Paul Marat

They were trying to say he did support mussolini/fascism, but even if the quote was real that’s still so easy to shoot down that I just didn’t bother to fact check it

The quote specifically is “what a waste we lost mussolini. He is a first rate man who would have led our party to power in italy”

I’ve had it thrown in my face a few times and honestly just didnt bother to check the sources, because its easy to argue from the position that its a real quote anyway.

However upon further investigation I cannot find a primary source for this, so take it what you will. Reportedly it’s from 1922 which would be 2 years before Lenin’ death, and we know how often people just make up things for Lenin to say, even within the USSR cough Zinoviev cough

This is referring to De Gaulle right?

Honestly he was just wierd. Yknow how Lenin said something like “it’s a shame we lost Mussolini to capitalism”? That’s how I feel about De Gaulle

15% is genuinely insane. I mean, I get why, but man European politics are depressing

What is positivism? I keep looking at the descriptions I get when I look it up and I don’t really get it.