Like most 19th Century Russian novels, The Brothers Karamazov leaves you almost hopeless.
In the Dostoevsky work, a father, Fyodor Karamazov, must choose an heir from among his
four sons. Dmitri, Ivan, Alexei, and half-brother Smerdyakov. Each brother wants the inheritance entirely for himself; that leads to betrayal and murder.
Sue me for stretching a metaphor, but the plot reminds me of the internecine warfare among Democratic Presidential candidates . Let's hope they can stop fighting among themselves and unite behind one of their political siblings. That's the only way to defeat Donald Trump.
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