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The mummy of Vladimir Ilijch Lenin was brought back to the mausoleum in the Red Square All major acolytes of Vladimir Putin rsquo s were waiting in the queue in an orderly fashion reminding how people were standing outside grocery stores in the time of the cold war They were not waiting for free potatoes or oranges but they had to renew their homage to the Leader of the Red...
The leader of the Red Revolution accepted with good will to prepare the dinner for his political heir who was also the natural descendent of his personal cook Perhaps Putin could have also learnt something from Lenin rsquo s reaction but both of them were pragmatic enough to nourish no illusions that their encounter would have led to a long term friendship Two of the major enemies of the Western...
Lenin nbsp The party entered the dragon rsquo s lair The Russian czar was sitting on a wooden chair behind a decently decorated table The room was surrounded with works of Italian masters dating back to the early XVII century The art dealer recognised a few with a quick view but did not dare to express his knowledge The major threat to the Western democracies smiled in his direction ldquo...
Lenin It was a week since the first visit of the mysterious bureaucrat The whole party was now prepared to meet the latest Russian autocrat whose reign had been so long to be second to Stalin rsquo s only The dark car took a road directed outside Moscow but the trip was not longer than an hour as promised by the Kremlin rsquo s emissary ldquo You see there is...
Leni The leader of the Soviet Revolution felt that the bureaucrat in front of him had been sent out on behalf of someone much higher in the hierarchy most probably that Putin the Younger who was detaining the power for so long That name so ghastly reported on the Western newspapers described as the primary enemy of the whole humankind did not scare him The former communist thinker had never...
Lenin One evening two men dressed like bodyguards that means dark suits still keeping inelegant and menacing manners reached the concierge desk of the hotel It was not unusual tha oligarchs anticipated their coming or even reserved a table by sending out their minions The art dealer received them with a smart smile and some courteous greetings that were not exchanged The two men asked whether it was possible to...
The former leader of the Russian Revolution was patiently waiting for his prey but he also enjoyed his new job He thought that if it had ever occurred to him to work in the kitchen more than one hundred years before the course of history would have changed Or perhaps the Red October would have been led by another capable leader yet devoid of interest for spirituality The mummy of...
Lenin was surprised how he had so fast achieved the role of chef in the kitchen of the Hotel Metropol The former business consultant explained that a partner of one of the companies she had worked for was actually a good friend of the owner Or better to say of the man who financed his wife the maintenance of the building The latter was a former Italian pop singer who...
The whole team spent an entire week without leaving the hotel if not for a short time Lenin recommended his companions not to lose any minute in tourism but collecting as much information as possible about the usual guests Among them they should have found for sure more than one member of Putin rsquo s entourage It was while messing up in the kitchen trying to remember some good receipt...
The former business consultant was thinking about the Swiss landscape how far it was especially if compared with the cold horizon offered by contemporary Russia Even those few buildings that have survived the Revolution the war and the Soviet Regime not to forget the reconstruction that occurred since the 1990s did not transpire any feeling of authenticity For sure they had been restored without sparing any cent not even million...
Lenin From the small windows of the airplane the art dealer who had almost poured the coffee on his trousers noticed at first that they had already reached Moscow He had already seen the skyline with the buildings that until a couple of years before had hosted the local headquarters of the main international consultancies He had more than one customer who was working for a big name of strategy...
Lenin nbsp nbsp While sitting on the plane the three companions did not speak a lot The other passengers appeared frantic or extremely cold Some spoke loudly about their families who had seldom met after the sanctions and the Western involvement in the Ukrainian campaign Nobody complained about financial losses perhaps because the most affluent Russians those targeted by the International authorities did not use a common airline to travel...
Lenin nbsp nbsp The small group thus did not reach Russia by train as originally planned but on a special flight arranged to bring home diplomats and a few others who dared to travel in the hands of the evil The waiting time had been long for all of them They had to spend the whole day switching from a lounge to another one before getting onboarded Lenin experienced much...
Lenin nbsp The trio checked out the hotel after a week Lenin felt impressed by the commitment of his two companions but he preferred to linger in Helsinki a little more As the heir of Graf von Pazze has promised his generous financial support the Russian political leader decided that it was once again the chance to exploit the benevolence of a socialist capitalist The Briton did not object because...
Lenin In wartime it could have been not so easy for the whole team to penetrate the Russian borders and reach out the current Father of the Nation moreover in person They should have encountered so many opponents along the journey in most cases those good citizens who for one cause or the other felt themselves particularly engaged Most of them when still in the West are supporters of the...
Lenin nbsp nbsp ldquo He is not the czar of Russia he is only a policeman who made a career in the middle of chaos and moved over by leading a band of gangsters rdquo asserted the Briton with such a vehemence to upset the others ldquo You should keep full control of your emotions if you want to grasp the power rdquo said Lenin placidly as if he were...
Lenin ldquo I would pay a fortune to have been present at that assembly when my death was announced to look at the single expressions of the participants Someone has tried to hide his happiness for sure Others should have tried to spot the most discreet smile to get ridden of an enemy Few would have reacted to the news with the proper sadness expected by a loyal member of...
Lenin nbsp The whole group kept silent for a while as if they were poker players each carefully observing the glance of their opponents The consultant did not totally trust the art dealer She had never trusted any It came from the education received from her father ldquo Keep your treasures away from the eyes of anybody who does not belong to your household Experts and dealers are the most...
Lenin nbsp nbsp ldquo Please feel comfortable rdquo said the Father of the Revolution to the new guest The Art Dealer found this encounter unexpected and the unknown lady quite impolite He had tracked down the authentic Lenin all around Europe and spent what given his limited means was an enormous fortune Now that woman was stealing the attention of the former red activist and the young man had the...
Lenin Berlin is such a beautiful city especially after the fall of the communist regime that I am scarcely inspired to proceed further Perhaps it is the case that I just found a second job here Perhaps I will not be paid so well as in Zurich but the living costs are also definitely cheaper The streets are full with tourism and the former democratic republic has been so well...
Lenin A master of intrigue like me should be able to stand any kind of situation and keep the mind clear the breath under control and the emotions should not influence any kind of decision However the summer heat is something I have never been accustomed to In the plains of the Great Russia it can happen during the months of July or August that the peasants get even burnt...
Lenin nbsp nbsp I entered the hall of the Hotel as if I were either a celebrity waiting for his fans or as a young and enthusiastic bachelor looking for his future wife The concept of blind date did not exist at the time of the Revolution and the mindset of the Soviet leaders was far beyond the most conservative attitude of the middle class Although gossip flirts and even...
Lenin nbsp nbsp Even by looking like Lenin it is really hard to cross the borders with Russia They are moreover celebrating the second year of a civil war at least from the perspective of the founder of the Soviet Union Without realising it Putin has played the international chess game nbsp according to the American and Chinese rules By the end of the conflict NATO will be stronger than...
Lenin nbsp It is not so easy to reach Russia from Finland I thought that the presence of a railway could have simplified the passage from the Western World to what has become the Chinese block Without realising that Putin has put Russia again under the control of the Mongols Perhaps it is also my fault The czars would have never allowed that They would have never sealed the allegiance...
Lenin nbsp I decided to leave Berlin quite suddenly but I was reached out by a suspicious art gallerist who wanted to meet me He was enthusiastic at the idea of getting acquainted with the living mummy of me It is curious that I have been able to live in Zurich four years in a row without receiving any peculiar attention On the contrary it has not been an issue...
Lenin nbsp nbsp While walking in the park I got lost and decided to look for the main alley to recover the route During the last days I chose not to take with me one of those strange mobile phones who could track everybody whatever they are doing The only useful feature they offer is a map and a quick view of the timetables of trains and buses Perhaps even...
Lenin nbsp While sitting in the hotel room I switched on the TV It is also a tool I have never got acquainted with When I was still living it still did not exist Even if the scientists of the time were still arguing about the chance to develop a solution for transmitting signals that could have been interpreted as images and animated pictures I was still shocked by the...
Lenin nbsp nbsp I cannot move further because Germany has embraced the revolutionary flag There is no actual violence in this kind of protest Despite the actual blockades of the roads that remind me of Europe during my latest years of life I do not notice any clash between different factions At least along the streets What happens on social media does not concern me I am too old my...
Lenin nbsp nbsp I would like to stay a few extra days in Berlin to enjoy the strikes along the streets The mob is not guilty this time the initiative comes from respectable farmers whose hard work should provide the food on the tables of the aristocracy Since we do not have an aristocracy anymore but a bunch of upstarts who managed to get power in the most unethical ways...
Lenin I am now back in Berlin after more than a century I am sitting in the large suite of a five star hotel along the Kudamm not so far from the destroyed church The memorial of WWII but with the insight of our modern society it also looks like the monorail of a time when religion was still respected Communism was apparently the main driver for the annihilation of...
Lenin nbsp nbsp The train has got further problems I was directed to Berlin through Frankfurt but due to the seasonal flu combined with other strange circumstances I will be subject to other stops The Roman Catholic Christmas is approaching and the streets are fully decorated in a way that can be hardly described as Christian The main chains are substituting the X of XMas with their own logos The...
Lenin nbsp nbsp I am sitting on the train waiting for the next station I am again in the Restaurant trying to get myself at ease as the time goes by It is sometimes hard because I am not accustomed anymore to the sounds of a small bar surrounded by so many people one so different from the other There is a group of four German youngsters I suppose they...
Lenin nbsp On the road to Berlin I would have never been inspired that such chaos can be produced also in advanced democracies I have not been able to penetrate the German borders more than thirty or fifty kilometres Not with an army behind me but alone in a second class wagon I had to take in consideration that there was no Kaiser anymore sponsoring my travel My friends in...
Lenin nbsp nbsp I have just crossed the German Swiss borders for the first time after years A sort of renewed exile started when my mummy unexpectedly got animated once again To be honest it is also a mystery how my body got translated from Moscow to Zurich I assume that I need to thank some anonymous patron perhaps a Swiss millionaire who after having inherited a conspicuous substance from...
Lenin nbsp nbsp I would have never expected to leave Zurich so soon nor the job at the museum Perhaps I will get it back when I need it I am not so sure The people have been so mean so driven by tangible goals that they could have already marked me as a betrayer for having resigned By having published a book a best seller by Diogenes is already...
nbsp Lenin October nbsp In the end I decided to take a train to Berlin perhaps a similar route to that followed in 1917 as a special guest of Kaiser Willy He had never expected what a huge mistake he committed for Germany and the stability of the whole of Europe Without the Revolution fascism would have perhaps never had the power to materialize It would have been left behind...
Lenin nbsp I try to reconstruct my past the one between the Revolution and my death Unfortunately besides my memory I cannot find anything other than propaganda material The fog about my biographical data has been further increased since when the American Universities have fallen in love with socialism or prey to the lobbies of the liberals All apparently well structured studies about my life are thus biased and if...
Lenin nbsp Italians are probably celebrating the end of their war according to their school books the accomplishment of their fight for national unity and independence That is quite an outstanding event about which really few are aware Russia has not been conquered for centuries but the Russian people the individuals who all together compose such a colourful world have seldom experienced any feeling of freedom The same that I...
Lenin nbsp I was too busy with the events of the Revolution the creation of a new World There was no time to remember that book Magic was also a concept I should be ashamed of Rasputin was believed to have caused the ruin of the monarchy of the illustrious dynasty of the czars It was not my intention to spread within the institutions of the new order the cancer...
Lenin nbsp nbsp I am awakening under the shock of what I did in the past and what I have become A mummy that can survive only thanks to the resemblance with an autocrat of the past My admirers regard me as a genial thinker but I see myself as a fraudster who has sold for good the venom of a horrible ideology Yet it is as a mummy that...
Lenin nbsp I begin to doubt the need of fanatisch Some political opponents of mine but still in the milieu of utopians and enemies of democracy even openly exalted a mind totally hijacked by the ideology I lived long enough to understand it is a mere illusion The only outcome is a plan that does not consider the complexity of our world of human nature nor the will of the...
Lenin While the anniversary of the Revolution is getting closer and in Munich they are celebrating the Oktoberfest I am wondering about some parallel destinies My October Revolution takes place in November while the Oktoberfest begins in September The riots I ignited are still remembered all around the world and more than a billion people are still living under the flag of socialism The putsch of Munich organised by my...
Lenin nbsp In Germany they are preparing for a big national party to remember the importance the value of the privilege to stay together Somehow it is me and the strains of my ideology who has provoked Berlin to be split in two parts Without my Revolution perhaps even the other players around the subversive table widespread in Italy and Germany would have kept themselves quiet For sure the Soviet...
Lenin nbsp nbsp Such a powerful magician has summoned me back to the world of above I forgot how it could come out to be so colourful and varied Each time I speak with someone about my writings I discover that they could evoke the most different reaction Only few try to quote me and few others well brainwashed by the propaganda of my followers prefer to rely on few...
Lenin nbsp nbsp The circumstances that have brought me to Zurich are the most strange There was a man a magician who accompanied my burial or better to say the deposition of my mummy in the mausoleum of the Red Square The wizard who perhaps really possessed the gift of magic had also the obsession for Johanna Spyri lsquo s book Heidi He should have applied some hocus pocus on...
Lenin nbsp In the building where I live and there is also a museum dedicated to my glorious life and exile an Ukrainian flag has appeared today I cannot really understand whether it has been intentional or not but in the continuous discussion born after the beginning of the current war someone blamed me for having created the Ukrainian nation I do not have the slightest idea about this fact...
Lenin nbsp Many wonder if a dictator can be a nice and decent person while engaged in a personal conversation I would wonder the contrary otherwise instead of followers the tyrant would just collect hatred and enemies It is the truth that people of my kind are used to adopting exceptionally virulent speeches while trying to enchant the big audience It is the most effective way to awaken all the...
Lenin nbsp Finally the Kunsthaus plays my game assuming a role of central propaganda agency As usual the pretext is to loudly complain about the damages the ruins and the miseries of the war Only the less sensible souls are not affected by the engravings of Kaethe Kollwitz She depicts the desperate grief of mothers who lost their children in the conflicts The innocent sorrow of children who had lost...
Lenin nbsp A Revolution can be ignited also by a sect as it was mine but such a sect must receive widespread support to overcome the established institutions The adherents must begin to evangelize outside the frames of their own well regulated existence The best way is by publishing or to gain a main impact on the art market Or just in the art world overall Because the Revolution can...
Lenin nbsp The club of the Leesesaal has found me and once again lost me Just temporarily since my presence has been distracted by the generosity of a wealthy young woman who wanted my presence beside her during her holidays What for an idea could be the one that brings a lady to make a tour with a mummy besider her I cannot imagine the actual reasons After all there...
Lenin I rediscovered the Lesesaal of the Literaturhaus after more than one hundred years I left it behind me at the end of my exile and the beginning of my triumph On those tables looking on the outside I sat when I was still myself or my well renowned character Someone who wanted to propagate the nihilism of pure materialism and on the basis of that establish his own absolute...
Lenin nbsp I definitely built my castle It is well grounded and solid IT has required a lot of effort to be assembled the superstructure and the substructure had to collimate perfectly To work on the towers it has been the most different task not to forget the roofs because it is the point when you can recognize the quality of what lies below There are even some bells in...
Lenin nbsp I was the leader of the Revolution a master of intrigue whose deeds are really known only to a few ones Those few ones are not living anymore and I would wonder to myself on the contrary since everything happened around one hundred years ago I am now a useless actor interpreting myself in a museum set up by fanatics and nostalgics of the ideology that partially bears...
Lenin nbsp I am wasting my time decorating my home What a pity it is to have been one of the finest troublemakers all around Europe and now finding myself to cope with everyday problems as a quiet housewife A neighbor of mine is called Jenny she is quite attractive and manages a high end boutique near the museum where I work and live She must be affluent as well...
Lenin nbsp Once again I think I have committed many mistakes in my life The most relevant one having developed the illusion that by depriving people of spiritualism I could have better driven them towards fanaticism The whole of France is rioting but the uprising is born in one of the few environments of the country under the strong influence of religion Not that Islam is far away from socialism...
Lenin nbsp nbsp I am not wondering that I have lost all the enjoyment to draw and design plots for the Revolution The XXI century is nothing more than a mix of the worst failures of my age People are so nostalgic of the past that they are trying to re act the most remarkable deeds of one hundred years ago although without proper results The flag of failure is...
Lenin I almost forgot why I am living here and what I am aiming at Intellectuals are moved by different ambitions than most of the common people We like to enjoy our dreams being able to live on them catch the attention of as many people as possible and being remembered for eternity Such ambition can be explained by an exceptional ego only and I wonder whether common men are...
Lenin nbsp I have been invited to a party at the Kunsthaus just to point out how capitalist socialism is the most recent love of cultural elites Perhaps even monetary ones My presence would have not been really needed because there was no time for a public speech On the stage a good number of artists and technology experts had been aligned as the members of the Ramovs in front...
Lenin nbsp I cannot believe that I do not understand the most recent developments of the Revolution The concept I must admit has always been related to some long established political equilibrium that is not tenable anymore The younger generation is not happy with what was provided by the previous one and begins to subvert the institutions However they also need some more experienced leaders to highlight the road to...
Lenin I am losing the hearth of men but conquering that of women At least according to the most recent statistics It would have been difficult to prove that feminism could have helped so much with the Revolution or at least the necessary steps to achieve the egalitarian state ruled by socialist elites Private property can be seen as unethical only with a continuous brainwashing of the masses and women...
Lenin nbsp nbsp I managed to triumph or actually the leftist Party did in a remote town in Italy on the Swiss borders A place where just thirty years ago the communist flag terrorized the minds of the local population and agitated the words of the local priests It is now the church and the catholic movement that has supported the heirs of the red banner to win the local...
Lenin nbsp If religion is the opium of the working class it appears that in Zurich the working class has abandoned religion for opium instead In both cases not at advantage of the Revolution nor of the status quo Despite feeble minds are usually more malleable I need to accept the present day debauchery due to the supposed wealth provided by capitalism I never loved the idea I like it...
Lenin nbsp The international workers day has surpassed my expectations Several friends warned me to stay away from the city center especially if dressed with my usual attire Anarchists could have blamed me for wearing a tie and a black suit the police could have stopped me for trying to lead the mob I did not care about their caveats I was the leader of the Revolution around eighty years...
Lenin nbsp I have not moved around too much these days The museum is closed because of some demands of my colleagues that have not been met by the Foundation It is like in the Soviet Union when it was not possible to strike anymore Why should a worker protest against a Republic in the hands of workers more precisely of the workers party I should write a brief essay...
Lenin nbsp I should be sad to state that Dresden has managed to survive the socialist era without many regards There is still someone who remembers the good time when the state provided a nineteen square meter room to any subject with the addition of extra places for married couples with children Who moreover received some extra money on the day of the marriage and at the birth of each...
Lenin I will take a train to Berlin once again This time on the route to reach Dresden and without the alleged sponsorship of the Kaiser Some other detractors of my legend assumed that my travel was sponsored by Americans instead Although socialism gained few fellows in the USA the only extended support I actually received was that of the Germans Few years or decades later after my death someone...
Money does not always produce the same effect on the workers Few ones are not easily beguiled by gold just to complain and rely on others when in need They are sometimes useful to the Revolution as much as those greedy enough to desire the wealth of others at any cost At the same time these individuals are incapable of finding a way to make their fortunes I believe I...
LENIN nbsp I am going to the Odeon caf egrave on a regular basis right now Even in the morning before opening the museum I spend a couple of hours in the bar reading the newspapers It is a strange feeling because the news especially those coming from Germany show a certain respect for socialism Even when they do not necessarily write an apology of the idea they look to...
Lenin nbsp I am quite tired this evening since I have been initiated to take part in an excursion outside of Zurich We had to pack as if we had to escape as if the Russian army had won the war and were approaching Zurich It already happened in the time of Napoleon and it could happen again Such a lot of effort to hike on the mountains around not...
Lenin I am enjoying the collapse of capitalism and of the financial system I have heard from my neighbor that his bank is at risk and the he must withdraw his money quite quickly On the newspapers they are writing about state intervention while knowledge workers are organizing mass protests nearby the central railways station nbsp They work for an American company where the management does not care to cut...
Lenin nbsp I have managed to sleep in the house that welcomed me more than one hundred years ago It is a pleasant feeling to find a safe place that has endured so long much longer than my Revolution and all of its direct consequences Perhaps some side effects are still ongoing since I continue to read my name in the newspapers every time someone mentions the war on the...
Lenin nbsp What I have read on the newspaper is just outstanding Such a world would be the ideal nest for any kind of well gifted and ambitious revolutionary leader The institutions to subvert are however so complex with such a redundancy that I would not be able to seriously take over the power I would not either be able to dismantle the slightest gear of such a huge system...
Lenin nbsp I reach the caf eacute de l rsquo Odeon finding it with the same marbles and the same atmosphere as I left it slightly more than one hundred years ago My name is even celebrated among those who sat down at the table drinking champagne while plotting the most amounting revolution in human history People are still taking place here perhaps dreaming of other tumults in remote and...
Lenin nbsp I have not written for a while Parties with the high society have kept me busy and I forgot about the mass of the workers exploited by the czar nbsp The revolution has however been a good subject of conversation to catch the attention of the upper class Everybody is speaking about the new czar Apparently the revolution that I ignited one hundred years ago totally failed and...
Sunday May 30th on a train to Zurich I spent a weekend in Milan since the life in Zurich is astoundingly lonely The fashionable ladies I used to attend are now deceased I cannot even trace the burial of many of them I recollect few faces sometimes by strolling alone around the town and spotting the name of a friend on a street placard Most of them called writers artists...
Saturday April 24th 2021 On a train from Geneva to ZurichI express my deepest sympathy to the members of the central committee who after more than 100 years are still struggling to establish the victory of socialism over capitalism I am well renown as Lenin a charismatic figure who lead the revolution to the triumph over the reactionary forces I actually lead a putsch supported by a foreigner power but...