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No marx lenin and trotsky all had their very own

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personal versions of communism which we've explored now It's time

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to take a walk on the wild side and dig

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deep into stalinism you might wantto bring a barf bag

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with you for this one I'm just saying stalinism was

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less about communism and more about well stalin He was

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the head cone of the big cheese the great leader

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who give it and take it away with an emphasis

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on the take it apart So how did the soviets

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find themselves so enamored of a cult of personality Well

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it all began with lennon who was totally okay with

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electing people the office so long as they were members

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of the communist party Members of other parties definitely need

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not apply More importantly any communists who wanted to be

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a part of the soviet state needed to be really

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well behaved communists because lenin didn't like having opponents and

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he didn't like party factions the system was ripe for

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abuse and boy did stalin abuse it well In nineteen

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thirty eight style informed the supreme soviet of the soviet

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union which was a combination legislative judicial body that had

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no real power because stalin and his buds were the

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true decision makers just like lenin Stalin wasn't a fan

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of having people oppose him but he took that dislike

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to a whole new level of crazy We know that

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stalin was really good at making alliances right Well once

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the nineteen thirties rolled around stalin got rid of all

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his friends He couldn't have anyone maybe someday potentially threatening

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his power you know But those allies weren't the only

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people stalin kicked to the curb Men who'd served as

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military officers were eradicated because they could use their military

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contacts and experience to lead a revolution People who were

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from overseas were eradicated because well they new life in

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soviet russia sucked compared to life elsewhere And stalin didn't

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want word to get out Finally the educated were eradicated

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because people who read books well they probably see through

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all the stones Deception right So yeah that's how stalin

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did it He manipulated the soviet political system to serve

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him and off anyone who might get in his way

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It also helped that people were so scared and paranoid

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of stolen that they pretty much convinced themselves to live

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In lala land and sure communists elsewhere knew that stalin

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was a really bad example of the political theories that

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marx and engels had preached After all in marxism established

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communist nations don't have government it's the people who are

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in charge Stalinism however was all about totalitarian dictatorship You

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can see why communism today gets such a bad rap

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Then the world's first communist country was run by a

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moustachioed murderous jerrick For decades We should probably be careful

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saying that though we wouldn't want to stalin to hear 00:02:42.94 --> [endTime] us and decide tio do something Oh no

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