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11.1 Why the Russian Revolution Failed: When Rich Kids do all the Socialism

WHAT IS POLITICS?

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Marx's Russian Followers Just Ignored Him

Marx advised his Russian admirers to carry out their own economic investigations of the Russian scene instead of relying on capital. The peasant-hating Plachanov made sure that none of Marx's correspondence on the subject was published in Russia. Lenin and Trotsky are more flexible and creative thinkers than Plekhanov and the rest of the Marxist, they continue to base all of their theories and strategies on outdated and factually incorrect ideas about the Russian peasantry. And the consequences of this are going to be a spectacular earth-shaking disaster, as we'll see next time.

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