The similarities between the men are staggering: each followed the teachings of Socialism and Marxism, each had the tribulations of applying their methods during hostile resistance, war, economic collapse, and foreign invasion. ... Stalin altered the principle issue of worldwide Socialist revolution, a very important point regarding Lenin, to a more region defined idea of: "Socialism in One Country." ... During the period when the proletariat still needs the State, it does not require it in the interests of freedom, but in the interests of crushing its antagonists."2 Lenin's use of ...
As President of the United States, Ronald Reagan had four major achievements that defined his presidency. ... Before his presidency, the world had seen the triumph of Marxism in countries such as Angola and Nicaragua, with El Salvador seeming to follow them, America had been humiliated by the outcome of the Vietnam War in 1975, during the Jimmy Carter administration, 52 Americans in embassies had been captured, which resulted in the American military having low morale, low pay, outdated equipment, and little to no maintenance on what equipment they did have. ...
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. ...