Quote by Samuel Bonom

So they united, and the Communist revolution took the chain from their legs and wound it around their necks.

So they united, and the Communist revolution took the chain

Summary

This quote implies that individuals who united under the banner of Communism to free themselves from the bondage of societal chains, ultimately found themselves subjected to a different type of oppression. It suggests that instead of achieving true liberation, they ended up being controlled and oppressed by the very ideology they believed in, highlighting the potentially paradoxical nature of revolution and the unintended consequences it can bring.

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