@Deleted User what is it that you belive

Thought is not only intellectual, it is embedded in people's nervous systems.

As in ideology

@Hezbolshevik I am an ex-Fascist lost in the wilderness.

@Deleted User That is true, but what is that an idiot can do against the Party?

let him speak nonsense. Let people see who is our opposition

Thats what Putin does to opposition.

It lets it be and enjoys the outcome

@Firefly Russia has a strong history of intellectuals. This is not the case in the land of Trump voters.

@Deleted User The Party has to be firstly the Intellectual Leader and only after administrative.

It has to crush opposition with intellect.

If strong ideas are all you need, why does religion still exist? Has the ideas just not been pushed hard enough?

@Deleted User Religion dropped to 5-7% in Soviet Union just after the educational system allowed scientific world-view.

I'm not sure about exact numbers

Now it grows back rapidly. Muslim regions doing the fastest fall.

Albania restricted religion under Hoxha

Yes, but the Soviet Union used Terror tactics to attack religion, not only intellect.

Muslims grow there faster than in Russia now

So Enver Hoxha successfully restricted religion for a time of his life.

And I do approve. But there are different less radical ways

That also do work.

So then the crushing of religious thought needs constant pressure because the moment you relax it rebounds quickly.

@Deleted User The educational system has to provide an access to scientific worldview. If you have time this is more than enough, I think. If you don't have time you should do whatever by any means necessary.

More radical are actions more radical the resistance.

As long as the education is rigorous and strict, I can see this working.

You don't want to have resistance on something what can be completely avoided.

Additional problems

Especially in education.

Did you read Dzerzhinsky?

How very Sun Tzu.

He was writing about educational system.

@Firefly Yes I read Dzerzhinsky.

@Deleted User He is very well known for the use of a hard discipline in education. He made scientists and artists out of homeless kids who could not read.

That's beautiful.

Why Che facepalms?

I thought it looked like he was crying?

Wrong chat

@Hezbolshevik here is a better place anyway.

@Deleted User What did you read from Dzerzhinski?