British dramatist Trevor Griffiths wrote those words. Pithy, epigrammatic, they should have guided our way into the post-Soviet era. With Griffiths death we need to remember them
Thank you so much for your writing about your friend Trevor Griffiths. The epigram...perfect. I suppose one difference between Stalinism and Capitalism is that we seem to know more about Stalin’s murderous excesses and can even mark where the bodies are buried. Capitalism is something of a shape shifter....the bodies are everywhere but to a person the bodies blame themselves for their own demise.
good point. That's one of the reasons the epigram is so brilliant. It challenges the accepted understanding of both socialsim and capitalism in 8 words
Thank you so much for your writing about your friend Trevor Griffiths. The epigram...perfect. I suppose one difference between Stalinism and Capitalism is that we seem to know more about Stalin’s murderous excesses and can even mark where the bodies are buried. Capitalism is something of a shape shifter....the bodies are everywhere but to a person the bodies blame themselves for their own demise.
good point. That's one of the reasons the epigram is so brilliant. It challenges the accepted understanding of both socialsim and capitalism in 8 words