Slideshow of the presentation at JMM 2025
Whether Lenin in fact committed "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" to writing is indeed debatable
https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Главная_задача_наших_дней_(Ленин)
But that he was of the the view that "the worse the better" is beyond dispute:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/jul/19.htm
it's a false quote, that's what the link actually says ("фальшивая цитата")
Of course, that's the point.
Whether Lenin in fact committed "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" to writing is indeed debatable
https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Главная_задача_наших_дней_(Ленин)
But that he was of the the view that "the worse the better" is beyond dispute:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/jul/19.htm
it's a false quote, that's what the link actually says ("фальшивая цитата")
Of course, that's the point.