Using Althusser's terms, these ideological state apparatuses allow the state to perpetuate its repression of individuals much more efficiently than the repressive state apparatuses, such as police forces and prisons. ... These two poems, in fact, constitute the driving forces behind the two major patterns of attitudes of the animals in the novel, namely revolution and submissiveness. ... Accordingly, Stalin claimed the right to establish a powerful and oppressive state to protect the revolution from any attempt to restore the old regime of the bourgeoisie in Russia. Similarly to the anima...

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Another interpretation is that it was an emergency measure to deal with the economic crisis caused by war, revolution and civil war (Malle 1985). ... The agricultural production in Russia declined since the outset of the First World War, and those who had food, hoarded it. ... This was evident in Stone Age groups when people had no concept of private property and there were no social classes. ... Given Lenin's passionate desire for revolution and to implement socialism it may be argued that at the time Lenin and other Bolsheviks believed that they were establishing socialism. ... Pipes ar...

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In the middle nineteenth century, industrialization was coming of age, capitalist owners were free to hire labor on their own terms. ... The document is divided into four sections with prefaces for several editions that ranged from Germany, Russia and England. ... In the hands of the proletariat, all capital would be utilized for the good of the people. ... Marxism had its main impact in Europe's slower developing countries, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Poland, and Russia. ... Many feel that Marx had got it wrong by predicting eminent revolution, but revolution did break out within days o...

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In terms of politics, Marxism has created socialism 6and evolved into communism7. ... Marxism has influenced the politics of many countries up until today, such as Russia and China and many historic events of these nations. ... The decreasing health conditions and rising mortality rates, as well as the bad weather during the Great Leap Forward led to the Great Chinese Famine11, and caused an economic regression as well as death tolls ranging from 18 million to 45 million people, as well as initiating the Culture Revolution in 196612. ... Marxism influenced China's Great Leap Forward to a ...

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Socialism will not be a utopia simply created in people's minds. ... These people funded large amounts of research into economic and societal conditions in the country. ... This practical and common sense approach to socialism attracted many of the time's brightest people, including H.G. ... In terms of form and function, the Society has also changed slightly. ... The leaders of the Russian Revolution of 1917 were disinterested in anarchism and brushed aside most of its ideas. ...

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