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To: dfwgator

Not exactly.

Stalin went to “socialism in one country” because he believed, accurately, that the world was not ripe for universal revolution, not because he decided that universal revolution was no longer the goal.

So he concentrated on making the Soviet Union a solid base for the future world revolution, not abandoning the goal but moving it into the future.


18 posted on 04/06/2013 5:51:57 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan
Stalin went to “socialism in one country” because he believed, accurately, that the world was not ripe for universal revolution, not because he decided that universal revolution was no longer the goal. So he concentrated on making the Soviet Union a solid base for the future world revolution, not abandoning the goal but moving it into the future.

Could China be doing something similar today? After all, despite the growth of free enterprise in China since Mao died, the ruling party still calls itself the Communist Party; it maintains organizations such as the Communist Youth; China's flag features Marxist-Leninist-Maoist iconography, etc.

23 posted on 04/06/2013 6:45:50 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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