To hoard surpluses of grain and other food products at a time when the people in Petrograd, in Moscow, and in dozens of non-agricultural uyezds are not only suffering from a shortage of bread, but are cruelly starving, is an enormous crime deserving the most ruthless punishment.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Lenin condemns hoarding food while people starve, calling it a crime deserving harsh punishment.
- In plain terms
- He says keeping grain while others starve is a serious wrongdoing.
- What can you take from it?
- Punish those who withhold essential resources.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should societies ensure equitable food distribution?
Another view
Punishment alone may not solve underlying distribution problems.
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