Communism And Connection: Your Psychology Has An Agenda

"It really is infuriating," said Steven, taking off his glasses and pinching the space between his eyes. "I've accomplished a lot in my life. And I still do. The last book, critically, I couldn't have asked for better reviews. And this new one, I'm really excited about this one. When I tell people about it, they think I've got something really special happening. And yet I still walk around feeling like... "

"You're a piece of shit," I said.

"Yes!" agreed Steven. "A piece of shit! Why? I'd like to get rid of that, I really would. Why do I still think this? Why do I still feel this way? Am I just hopeless? I've done enough in my life that I should have enough evidence to the contrary but no matter what I do... yes, a piece of shit. I'm doomed, right? Sorry, I'll let you speak."

Steven took a big gulp of water from his plastic cup and I waited until he was done. When he finished he looked back at me.

"You were going to say something," said Steven.

"Yeah," I said. "You ever heard of Walter Duranty?"

"Huh?"

Why do I still feel this way? Am I just hopeless?

In 1932 Walter Duranty, the New York Times Moscow correspondent, won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union. Throughout Duranty's pieces he continually explained that, despite what one might have heard, there was no Stalin-induced famine causing the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. Though word spread across the globe that Stalin was starving people to death by the millions, Duranty won th...

Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news