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407. Discussing Communism in All its Glory | Michael Malice

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Evolution of Communist Ideology

Communist ideology traces back to the approach of knowledge, transitioning from deducing conclusions from reality to forcing reality to fit an idealistic mindset. This shift led to the concept of scientific socialism in communism, aiming to have big brains at the top to figure everything out. When things didn't work out, it led to scapegoating and an arrogant, idealistic mindset, believing that ideas are more real than reality. This arrogance led to a refusal to accept failures and a tendency to attribute them to sabotage. The evolution also involved increasing brutality in the revolution to weed out capitalistic and bourgeois elements, as pointed out by Stalin.

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