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be expressed. In Moscow in
the 1930s, there were no
metaphors at all. The ani-
malized adversary really
was treated like a prey to be
hunted, before being shot
in the head. Stalin system-
ized these methods and
was the first to use them on
a large scale, and they were
adopted by his heirs in
Cambodia, China and else-
where. But Stalin himself
did not invent these meth-
ods. The blame should
probably rest on Lenin's
shoulders. After he took
power, he often described
his enemies as "harmful in-
sects," "lice," "scorpions,"
and "bloodsuckers." 60
As Marx, Engels
and Lenin emphasized
many times, Communist
savagery is nothing more
than the implementation
of Darwinism's view that
humans are merely ani-
mals.
According to Stéphane Courtois, research director of The National
Scientific Research Center (Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique-CNRS) in France and an expert in the history of
Communism:
