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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 Never Published Anything on the Subject of Russian Property

In 1872, Marx told Danielson that he planned to devote a whole section of capital volume three to the topic of Russian property. But unfortunately, Marx never ended up publishing anything on the issue besides a short preface to the 1882 edition of the Communist Manifesto. In other words, if events in Russia, like the overthrow of the monarchy and spy revolution in the West, then the communist West can help Russia build socialism on a peasant economy.

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