POL SCI 140L Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Leninism
9 Feb 2018
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The 20th century was filled with crazy ideas and giant wars. Utopian state of history to be realized in the future. marx. Communist idea is a vanguard of internal revolution. They claimed they knew the correct way to follow . At one point, of the world population lived in communist states. Many appeals in first half of the 20th century, then disillusion and disenchantment in the second half. Mao launched revolution from above against bureaucracy! As a promise that an ideal future was attainable. He saw when talking to chinese officials that they had more confidence, maybe based on their nationwide popular rural insurrection, unlike russia"s urban insurrection lead by just a few people. All came to power differently, but they acted similarly , following common practices. Dispossessing or killing classes representing the old order (ex. Constructing a new economic, political and social order: building socialism. Censorship, collectivization, avoidance of interdependence, commitment to anti-imperialist struggle.
