Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 13 - From Marx to Mao

380V. I. LENINthe big owners with over 50 dessiatins have very muchland, namely, 79,440,000 dessiatins” (March 26, 1907,p. 1088—the peasant points to the latifundia to prove thenecessity of doing away with them; the liberal does so toprove that it is necessary to cringe). Shingaryov thinks itwould be “an immense disaster” if the people themselvestook the land (1355). Rodichev warbles: “We do not fomentclass enmity. We would like to forget the past” (632, May 16,1907). Kapustin follows suit: “Our task is to sow everywherepeace and justice and not to sow and foment class enmity”(1810, April 9). Krupensky is indignant at the speech ofthe Socialist-Revolutionary Zimin because it was “fullof hatred towards the propertied classes” (783, March 19).In short, in condemning the class struggle, the Cadets andthe Rights are at one. But the Rights know what they aredoing. The preaching of class struggle cannot but be harmfuland dangerous to the class against which the struggleis directed. The Rights are faithfully guarding the interestsof the feudal landlords. And what of the Cadets? Theyare waging a struggle—they say they are waging a struggle!—theywant to “compel” the landlords who are in power,and yet they condemn the class struggle! Did the bourgeoisiethat really fought instead of acting as lackeys of thelandlords behave in that way, for instance in France? Didnot that bourgeoisie call upon the people to fight; did itnot foment class enmity? Did it not create a theory of theclass struggle?3. THE RIGHT PEASANTSActual Right peasants are to be found in the Second Dumaonly by way of exception—Remenchik (Minsk Gubernia)is one, perhaps the only one, who will not hear of any villagecommunes or “land funds” and stoutly defends privateownership (in the First Duma there were many Polish andWest-Russian peasants who stood for ownership). Buteven Remenchik is in favour of alienation “at a fair price”(648), i.e., he in effect turns out to be a Cadet. We placethe other “Right peasants” in the Second Duma in a specialgroup because they are-undoubtedly more Left than theCadets. Take Petrochenko (Vitebsk Gubernia). He beginsby saying that he “will defend tsar and country unto death”