communism is one of the most infuetul ideology,s in history with the ideas of karl marx being on of the great thinkers of modern history.
what do you think was commuism inavable or could it have been prevented.
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so do you agree with the video
A lot of things are possible and this is one of them. The Russian Revolution did little except kill a lot of people and lead a lot of people down a path of failure and mass murder for 70 years.It's funny to see that the author believes that without the revolution would be possible rise to power of the Social Democrats.
The first - the Russian Revolution was not bloody, even during the storming of the Winter Palace opponents afraid to shoot each other. Blood spilled during the civil war, but have not started it red.A lot of things are possible and this is one of them. The Russian Revolution did little except kill a lot of people and lead a lot of people down a path of failure and mass murder for 70 years.
The first - the Russian Revolution was not bloody, even during the storming of the Winter Palace opponents afraid to shoot each other. Blood spilled during the civil war, but have not started it red.
Second - White also staged terror. Some of them collaborated with the Nazis during the occupation.
Third - to say that the revolution has brought only blood and suffering is not to see the whole picture. Thanks to the revolution the country where 80% of the population was illiterate, became one of the leaders in this field. Russia has become a modern and developed country, with its space program, with high employment, which could count on the government.
Fourth - can justify the Red Terror and Stalinist repression !? But! Is it possible to justify racism, persecution of homosexuals, McCarthyism, the extermination of Native Americans and other !? No!
Fifth - It is impossible to fully identify Marxism and the Russian Revolution. Many interpretations have been very ... strange.
Sixth - in many respects Marx was right: The Great Recession (chaotic nature of capitalism), imaginary needs (do you really think that people really need to change the iPhone every year, and despite the fact that they are not much different), the IMF (the globalization of capitalism) the Walmart (monopoly), low wages, high income (industrial reserve army of labor)
1) In most areas of Soviet power was established without bloodshed. About the beginning of the Civil War can speak only in 1918 (in fact to me it is difficult to name any single war, we can talk about a series of conflict reached its climax in the same year, and ended in a 22-23). About the French Revolution difficult for me to say something.1) The whole Civil War was part of the Revolution. It doesn't end at the storming of the Winter Palace, that was just the beginning. The French Revolution didn't end with the storming of Bastille did it?
2) Of course they engaged in terror themselves. I never stated otherwise.
3) It was already starting to reform, the economy was growing faster prior to WWI than during the best years under Stalin. Russia , even at its height, was a poor, backwards country that was economically an upper Third World. It merely was big enough to have a large enough population to make nukes. It was like Mexico with nuclear missiles .
4) Racism (against Central Asians mostly) , persecution of homosexuals, witch hunting against anti-Communists that made McCarthyism look tame and the forced removal of various ethnic groups happened in the USSR.
5) Marxism was a theory. It was going to change the moment the rubber hit the road, that was inevitable. There is no doubt that Marx was considered a theorist by the Communist government. It was called Marxism-Leninism for a reason!
6) Economies go up and down, they need to. The only way you have no ups and downs is to have status. You can't (by definition) have change with status. Whether you want to have a new iphone or not is irrelevant. If people want a new one who are you to say no? The IMF gave loans to socialist regimes in the Third World during the entire Cold War, most was wasted. Walmart competes with Target, Kohls , Shopco and dozens of other retailers which means it isn't a monopoly and the cure for monopolies is NOT making one giant government one, wages are high compared to the Third World and the Communist Countries when they were around as there are reasons why people from Mexico come to the US for even minimum wage jobs, of course some people have a pretty high income is that a bad thing?