Interesting look into the struggles of the USSR between 1921-23. Zizek's writing style is quite abstract and can be hard to understand, though his critical evaluation of Lenin and Stalin is nonetheless very interesting. Lenin's writing is easier to understand, especially because Zizek has also added notes to explain certain historical events (Notes may have been more useful on Zizek's own text

Poor Lenin, surrounded by devilishly clumsy and inept people, wallowing in post-revolutionary Oblomovism, for which he knew they'd get a good trashing . All the while the merchants were laughing at them, and saying : 'Formerly they were Persuaders-in-Chief, now we have Talkers-in-Chief.'

Meanwhile conservative merchants proved to be the most revolutionary, creatively destructing while forming companies and building the future, paving the way for a post-capitalist world. (Lenin struggled with how to deal with the surviving and uneducated workers, nowadays they tend to self-destruct)

Uma excelente oportunidade de a esquerda analisar o impasse em que se encontra actualmente