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457. God, Marxism, and the Fall of the West | Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Lessons from the Defeat of Marxist Ideals

The failure of Marxist ideology can be attributed to the split between revolutionary and reformist branches, where the latter chose to work within the capitalist system incrementally rather than overturn it. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 highlighted the inefficacy of the economic argument to redistribute wealth. The victory of the West over the East led to a sense of complacency, with the belief that history had ended and progress was assured.

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