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#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler
Lex Fridman Podcast
Revolutions, Religion, and Radical Ideals
This chapter examines the complexities of violent revolutions and their paradoxical quest for peace, emphasizing the troubling belief in minimal violence as an outcome. It explores the religious undertones in Marxism and critiques the ideology as a political religion, revealing how the reverence for revolutionary figures parallels faith in religious contexts. Additionally, it reflects on the historical impact of Marx's major works and the tension between revolutionary ideals and existing power structures.
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