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Extract from Richard Pipes, Communism: A History of the Intellectual and<br />
Political Movement, p. 42-3:<br />
Except for retaining their grip on power, the Bolsheviks experienced setbacks in nearly<br />
all of their endeavours. Life turned out to be very different from theory. But they would<br />
not admit they were wrong: whenever things did not turn out as desired, they did not<br />
compromise but instead intensified the violence. To admit to being wrong would<br />
threaten to unravel the whole theoretical foundation of their regime since it claimed to<br />
be scientifically correct in all parts.<br />
Among many of Lenin's disappointments was the emergence of a huge, self-serving and<br />
uncontrollable bureaucracy. According to Marxist doctrine, the state is nothing more<br />
than the servant of the class that owns the means of production; it has no interests of<br />
its own. This belief showed remarkable ignorance of political history since there exists<br />
a great deal of evidence that, from the time of the pharaohs, state officials looked after<br />
themselves...