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The White Pill

A Tale of Good and Evil

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The White Pill

By: Michael Malice
Narrated by: Michael Malice
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The Russian Revolution was as red as blood. The Bolsheviks promised that they were building a new society, a workers’ paradise that would change the nature of mankind itself. What they ended up constructing was the largest prison the world had ever seen: a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics that spanned half the globe.

It was a country where people's lives meant nothing, less than nothing—and they knew it. But no matter what atrocity that the Soviets committed—the secret police, the torture chambers, the show trials, the labor camps, and the mass starvation—there was always someone in the West rushing to justify their bloodshed. For decades, it seemed perfectly obvious that the USSR wasn’t going anywhere—until it vanished from the face of the earth, gradually, and then suddenly. This is the story of the rise and fall of that evil empire, and why it is so important for the good to never give up hope. This is The White Pill.

©2022 Michael Malice (P)2023 Michael Malice Political Science Politics & Government Soviet Union Russia Socialism Imperialism Capitalism
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Malice's excellently-researched and vital account of the history of the Soviet Union, from beginning to end, is the history lesson our modern 'democratic' state so desperately needs, as government spending and controls increase and individual rights are increasingly relegated to the category of inconvenience, with the infuriating and blind assistance of large contingents of a wilfully-ignorant public.
Thank you Michael for 'being that guy' who voices the true nature of the 20th-century left-wing, and illustrates both the real difficulty civilisation must overcome when faced with the prospect of a non-violent overturning of brutal dictatorship. Not an easy or pleasant task, full of unnecessary cruelty, death and misery. Surely it would be wiser to avoid falling into the communist/socialist trap in the first instance; since this is evidently too late for our current suite of Western 'democracies', we at the very least, thanks to this excellent text, have some stronger sense of awareness of the struggles we may ourselves be facing - sooner than we would either like or expect.

Another history lesson our governments try to hide

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It is a fantastic book that all people should read. will get another one of Michael's books.

great book

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Highly punctual, well paced and absolutely grounding telling of recent soviet history, and certainly will not be forgetting some of the grim tales and occurrences of the book any time soon.

Thank you for this!

Gripping from start to finish

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An insight into life under the Soviet regime juxtaposed against life in the west.

Well done

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So difficult to listen to the horrors of a regime that treated people as less than human but Malice does an incredible job of telling the tragic history of the USSR while leaving the reader with some hope. Another great work by a fantastic author .

fantastic

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Although this book is long, I think it is relevant in todays society. Us as humans are easy to forget our past and what society is capable of in times of desperation

Perfectly relevant

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The horror laid out so detailed yet with tasteful comic relief to make it through the atrocities of Communism, Michael's delivery was perfect. The long wind up had me crying with joy through the final chapters as the people heroicly and swiftly dismantled the USSR.

Tears of joy

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The answer to the question...
What happens when the Left go to far?

A great reminder & document of the absolute failures of "well intentioned" Socialism, & the dark path it always leads us down.

Particularly important in this era.

A Most Important Book. Read. Take note.

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This is a summary of the Soviet Union's history, showing many of its dark secrets: torture, imprisonment, and oppression. It tells the story of its rise and fall, the people in the West who willingly supported it, and let themselves to be lied by it. It tries to show the whole picture as much as possible, not only in the East but in the West as well, ending with a note filled with hope.

Not many people are aware of the horrors of communism, and this book is a great reminder. My only complaint is the narration starts a bit monotone in the first chapter but keeps improving, becoming excellent in the third chapter and remaining at that level until the end.

Mr Malice always delivers

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Voice needed to be slowed down a bit, maybe a better sound studio? that's it

a must listen! An eye opener

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