Profile #3: The Bolshevik

THE BOLSHEVIK

Raging bruised intellect combined with a street fighter's ethics. You don't have to tell him this world is dog-eat-dog. He knows it. The lit-world's accidental byproduct, he's a good writer who by class circumstance is permanently shut out. The result is a Bolshevik.

He'll hector, demand, bully threaten. He loves to slash and burn. To him, every tactic is allowed. Like a good Bolshevik he'll scream for his rights. When obtained he immediately abandons the concept. He can shift perspective or sides in an instant, depending on the situation. It's a singularity of purpose. The goal: grabbing territory. Gaining power, his share of it, is the only principle. To looming power he's obsequious; even groveling. Around no power he indulges his true self. He wants everything and he wants it now. "Gimme, gimme, gimme": a grabbiness; a need to take control of whatever pieces he can as quickly as possible. "I'll take it! Me me me me me." To do otherwise for him signifies weakness.

Because he judges others by his knowledge of himself, he mistrusts everyone. Everyone is flawed. Everyone falls eventually under his perfect disgust.