...economic basis of society in isolation from its connection with the ideology as a whole. To be sure, thirst has to be quenched. But would a normal person...a glass whose edge has been greased by many lips? But the social aspect is more important than anything else. The drinking of water is really an individual...

...economic basis of society in isolation from its connection with the ideology as a whole. To be sure, thirst has to be quenched. But would a normal person...a glass whose edge has been greased by many lips? But the social aspect is more important than anything else. The drinking of water is really an individual...

..."Of course thirst must be quenched," he conceded. "But will a normal person under normal conditions lie down in the gutter and drink from a puddle? Or even from a glass the edge of which has been touched by dozens of lips?" Lenin's oratory had helped topple an empire,...