What would he have thought of the 1917 Revolution...

What would he have thought of the 1917 Revolution? Would he have supported the Red Army but then regret it when the purges?

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He was a pacifist. Considering the reds used violence I doubt he would have supported them. He would have done nothing more then wept for mother Russia

He wrote an essay called the Meaning of the Russain Revolution which can be found here: nonresistance.org/docs_pdf/Tolstoy/Meaning_of_Russian_Revolution.pdf

It's well worth a read. He anticipates the coming revolution in Russia and explains how violence cannot fix the state, which is born of, and sustained by violence. He believes the solution is found in the radial teachings of the Sermon on the Mount.

The tragic thing is he's right.

I mean yes but Russians DO enjoy getting murdered by their rulers.

Lev toystoy should live in lvov

Read Bunin's diary called 'Cursed Days' in English. Tolstoy would have seen things similarly, they both craved for the oldrussian sentiment that was finally lost with the revolution, and even before that to some degree.

He was an egocentric who only enjoyed movements and political movements that came from his own will. He also was proud of his aristocratic roots up to his 80s (at the same time he liked to see himself as different from other nobles as being more in touch with the common people, even though he would scorn the common people whenever they faced him with only a shrewd of self-respect and self-pride).

He would hate the revolution. Also: he was pampered and used to be able to say whatever he wanted whenever he wanted with little or no persecution (he was a noble and famous, different from figures like Dostoevsky, for example). He would have had a terrible surprise with the likes of Lenin and Stalin in power.

first off, you're a nigger. secondly, Tolstoi would have disproved of the methods and have really disliked the aftermath.

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yeah he probably wanted to lead a tasteful, bloodless peasant revolution of kindness where he was the star and the poor were just set pieces. He would have a luxurious dinner afterward with his fellow ex-nobles and declare "Weren't I grand?"

>you're a nigger
how could you tell?

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Guys, I'm looking for a political system that revolves around the equality of all citizens, sharing of all resources, kindness and compassion towards every sentient being ( including animals), spirituality as central to the society whereby Enlightenment is what everything in the culture is centered around (as opposed to pleasure, wealth, or even happiness). Some people recommended me 'tolstoyan anarchism', hence why I clicked this thread, and I just want to ask you guys if you feel Leo's system matches my own or if you know of any other systems which do.

I personally disdain wealth, and just want everyone to have their needs met and be happy and healthy, and wish that everyone could work not for the sake of acquiring resources, but for the feeling of helping others. I'm not Christian or theistic, Buddhism and Platonism are what I believe in, but I love Jesus's attitude towards wealth and it resonates with me greatly. I wish to live under a society which is dedicated to the Divine and other lifeforms, not the consumption of resources.

But I'm pretty ignorant of politics and economics, and find much of it too violent and selfish and therefore don't like reading into it personally - it makes me feel bad. That said, could any of you please recommend me some existing systems that approximate what I'm after?

Thanks.

>a political system that revolves around the equality of all citizens
There's your problem. People are not equal.

>Guys, I'm looking for a political system
Why? Do you think you're going to institute it? Because you aren't.

I want to know if there are any out there which I can support.

They deserve equal treatment, and have equal right to happiness. Just not equal in ability, is all.

>equal treatment
if you had a cancer patient and a guy with a runny nose would you give both chemotherapy? if you have a man and a woman would you give both the right to vote?

Try reading Tolstoy's "The Kingdom of God is Within You". His current might be similar to what you're (me too) looking for.
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The red army was the tzar's army repainted. He would have no hope for justice in this world. He'd either become a passion bearer or a white emigré - and wait for justice in the next.

I would treat both patients with what they needed.
Neither the man nor the woman get the right to vote.

What do you mean, "The 1917 Revolution"? There were two, the February one that got rid of Tzarism, and the October one that cemented Bolshevism as its replacement.