Lenin weaponized the thought of Marx
(not Groucho or Harpo, but Karl):
his bloodthirst was like a great white shark's;
his soul was like a demon's scream or snarl.
He seethed with relentless hatred,
nor cared how much shed blood should besmirch
Russia: he despised the royal and the sacred---
the Romanovs and the Holy Orthodox Church.
Starward