tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post2208362299360209177..comments2023-04-03T05:20:01.318-04:00Comments on Young, Hip and Conservative: a skeptical blog: Lenin the UtilitarianMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-54668280212245593732012-04-03T13:04:14.142-04:002012-04-03T13:04:14.142-04:00While Crime and Punishment is a technical masterpi...While Crime and Punishment is a technical masterpiece, it's also disgustingly malevolent, thematically. Raskolnikov is unable to become a Lenin because of overwhelming guilt from the murder he commits, and he suffers horribly. Ultimately he learns to embrace his suffering, and that of all the plebes he used to think he was better than, by accepting the Christian ethos.Mark Lindholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184361531569761797noreply@blogger.com