It’s that old deserter guy you arrest at the end. Through the whole dialogue, as he’s calling me a lib, I feel it hard.
Well then we could talk about what heroic means. In my opinion for a communist, especially one in prolonged struggle means that they have to see how the material conditions are. If you are not connected to a movement then your action is likely not really furthering the communist movement. His disdain for what came after the failed revolution is fair, but doesn’t make him right. He is not the hero in the story either.
He even says that there’s in practical terms little physical threat to him should he choose to return to society, so his decision to withhold his knowledge and experience from the movements that actually do exist is selfish, and even if much of his motivation for that is trauma and resentment, he also holds some seriously reactionary views that play into that.
Well then we could talk about what heroic means. In my opinion for a communist, especially one in prolonged struggle means that they have to see how the material conditions are. If you are not connected to a movement then your action is likely not really furthering the communist movement. His disdain for what came after the failed revolution is fair, but doesn’t make him right. He is not the hero in the story either.
He even says that there’s in practical terms little physical threat to him should he choose to return to society, so his decision to withhold his knowledge and experience from the movements that actually do exist is selfish, and even if much of his motivation for that is trauma and resentment, he also holds some seriously reactionary views that play into that.
Both important points. The first one I actually not acknowledge itself enough till now. Thanks for your point of view!