... systems must be able to answer these 3 basics question. Economic systems that answer those three important questions are communism and mercantilism too. Stalin the leader of the Soviet Union makes the economic system of communism. In the communism system Stalin makes the government had all control over the economy so the government make all the choices within the economic system. In this ... transportation, and increasing the farming output. He wanted to industrializes Soviet Union he believe he could so by having the government owned all business and allocated financial and other resou...

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... an exceptional orator's abilities and lots of guts will literally get up on the tribune and publically promise better times. The world has seen those "someones" in figures of Joe Stalin, Bennitto Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and others. Fascism oligarchy comes around when police and military forces are unable to keep the nation in a state of equilibrium --- that's when the new regime ... arrives. An interesting point is that Stalin thought that social democracy and fascism were twins. To him, every capitalist party was automatically fascist. That's why there couldn't be any united fronts wit...

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... (1818-1883), on which communism is based. Marxism proposes that, as history develops, feudalism gives rise to capitalism, then socialism, and finally the ideal classless society is realised. Lenin and Stalin were not true to the Marxist ideals but were corrupted by power, yet the Marxist dream of an egalitarian classless society is one we should still strive for. History has ... was simply mistaken. It was not the most capitalist countries (Britain, Germany, the US) that became socialist by revolution but Russia, which was less advanced. The regimes of Lenin and Stalin made it clear tha...

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... community, and the goal of the state is the replacement of existing society with a perfect society. For example, of the states most commonly described as totalitarian-the Soviet Union under Stalin, Nazi Germany, and the People's Republic of China under Mao-the Communist regimes of the Soviet Union and China sought the universal fulfillment of humankind through the establishment of a classless ... ...

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... be in the hands of the State. It is not shocking to see that communism is easily corruptible by its elitist leaders of the not so distant past (Lenin and Stalin et al). By doing so, the free market, which those who fully bought into the polarized views of Marx, saw as a capitalist monopoly, would be replaced with State sanctions. Karl ... ...

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... its pure form as in Marx's writings. Nor could the Soviet Union's style of command economy be maintained in modern times. The Soviet Unions system was partially at first under Stalin's rule during its industrialization and during the Second World War. The lack of consumer choice caused discontent among the population and the lack of incentives decreased productivity contributing to the ... ...

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... . The way to the socialism heaven became the path to the hell. Where was the social just? The consciousness monopoly confined the people. The leader of the Soviet became a monarch. Stalin became the God on the way to the Socialization and the industrialization. What he said was the law, even his mistakes were the socialized things .People could not express their ... ...

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... 's realistic attitude saved the economy. All prewar levels of production had been achieved. Lenin's opponents criticized the NEP, as it was not a pure form of communism but it continued until Stalin introduced economic reforms in 1928. ...

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... principals or scruples he had, in order to retain power for the Bolsheviks. The result of such a policy was the foundation of a totalitarian state, under which the personality cult of Stalin would flourish. However, at the end of pursuing such a policy, Lenin realised "we have made a mistake: we cannot drive people into Communism with guns." ...

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... like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within." Quoting Josef Stalin, this statement conveys the threat that America faced during the 1950s. Commonly referred to as the "red scare", American citizens feared the destruction of capitalism. In 1956, the cult film ... ...

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