Thus a war was declared between totalitarian dictatorship and democratic socialism, between Marxism and capitalism. ... The Soviet economic planning was directed towards the realization of three well-defined social goals. ...

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Lenin first defined the economic organisation of 1918-20 as "war" communism. ... The main principles of Marxism were the idea of class struggle; the tensions between the proletariat who are exploited by the bourgeoisie in the capitalist system. ...

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