The Gulag Archipelago by Alex Solzhenitsyn

in #ebooks7 years ago (edited)

If you are not privileged to have had the time to read this work by a dissident in the Soviet Union you are surely missing out an eye opening journey through what is currently happening in the united snakes, today.

This is not a work of fiction, the names have not been changed to protect the innocent.

This is one man's truth, as he saw it.


https://archive.org/details/TheGulagArchipelago-Threevolumes

If you want to know how rule by force plays out when it is not resisted enough in it's infancy, this book will give you an idea of what is about to happen in the united snakes.


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This excerpt is one of my favorite things ever written. I can't read it without thinking immediately of our current situation, and then almost as instantly, that of the American colonists just prior to the Revolution. Two lines always stick out to me - the one where he he wishes that they could have "understood they had nothing left to lose" and then, "We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward."

As you say, I think this is the direction we're quickly heading and I think we'll make the same mistakes they did. The horrible thing is, the entire history of our nation's founding should be an example to do differently.

Just before the battles of Lexington and Concord, John Adams wrote an anonymous letter to the Boston Gazette explaining why the colonists had to resist Great Britain. He said,

"They can hardly be loosers, if unsuccessful: because if they live, they can but be slaves, after an unfortunate effort, and slaves they would have been, if they had not resisted. So that nothing is lost. If they die, they cannot be said to lose, for death is better than slavery. If they succeed, their gains are immense. They preserve their liberties." - John Adams, January 23, 1775.

If we want something to boast about as Americans, if we want some basis for our national pride, it should be that we love liberty more than the people of any other country. If we're willing just to give that up, I don't know what we are, but we aren't Americans anymore, and as Solzhenitsyn (or Sam Adams!) would say, we'll deserve whatever happens afterward.

"If therefore a people will not be free; if they have not virtue enough to maintain their liberty against a presumptuous invader, they deserve no pity, and are to be treated with contempt and ignominy." - Samuel Adams, October 14, 1771.

Incredible book. Should be required reading.

It will be when we get control back from the Satanists that profit by it's trip down the memory hole.

The slippery slope...when something becomes required reading it is inevitable that something will also be banned.

Well, let's qualify 'required'.
If you want to be 'well read' this book is a must.

A very interesting story that evryone should be read.

Hi @freebornsociety
I'm not in the U.S ...so i am kind of struggling to understand your message.
But it seems that what you have shared holds a lot of truth.
I hope everything works out find in the end for you and your country. :)

very wise words

re steemed because this is the best book ever!

History is extremely important since it shows us who we are today. Enjoyed the Author's note.

Nice post and thnx for voting my post

Everyone should read this, incredible story!

Will add to Youyube's audible collection. Thank you G00gle for providing all these expertly narrated reads for free. Since you charge $6 for an HD move, it's the least you can do ><

Good post, man. AS is one of the Classics. Going to listen while working today. Been meaning to do that anyway. TY for the reminder. Sorry but current upvote is nil, but added you. And resteemed.

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