... communist reforms it came back to haunt him after his death when it was proved that the proper communist base had not been implemented which allowed as horrible a leader as Joseph Stalin to come into power and torment his nation. Marx believed that in a communist society everyone would work hard and everyone would get a piece of the pie, "From him according to ... his abilities, to him according to his needs." But this did not happen in the Soviet Union. Since Stalin was the sole party leader he controlled all means of production but he did not distribute the goods evenly. This led to w...

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