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Lenin had a powerful army in the biggest country in the world and Marks had only books and words (and a very clever wife!). The difference is always between theory and how they evolve when they face real life.
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∙ 13y ago
Marx advocated for the eventual dissolution of the state in a communist society, while Stalin centralized power and established a totalitarian regime with the state controlling all aspects of society. Marx believed in a stateless, classless society based on common ownership, while Stalin implemented a top-down approach with himself as the ultimate authority.
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∙ 11y agoKarl Marx's conception of socialism was a stage of society and mode of production that would emerge from contradictions within capitalism, arising as a necessity for managing and coordinating economic activity. It would include co-operative ownership of the means of production by the workers who use them, worker's self-management and collective decision-making within the economy, and economic planning in place of market-based allocation for the means of production (but markets would still exist for consumer goods and services).
Another defining feature of Marx's socialism is the view that the law of value, meaning the dynamic laws of capitalism, would not operate under socialism. Socialism would be an entirely different economic system from capitalism.
In contrast, the Stalinist conception of socialism is a more politically-driven system that does not emerge "naturally" out of the contradictions of capitalism, it is imposed on an agrarian society (Russia at the time) as a means to rapidly build up capital and industrialization. As a result, it is authoritarian, based on state ownership of the means of production, a lack of self-management in the economy (Stalinist socialism was based on the same type of management employed by capitalism, called "scientific management" and "Taylorism") and centralized planning of resources.
Unlike Marx's conception of socialism, the Stalinist conception of socialism retains the law of value, and was based on a need to continuously accumulate capital. Hence why many Marxist theorists, economists and sociologists say the Soviet Union was actually "State capitalism" and was never a socialist economy.
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∙ 12y agoStalin created an elite class of leaders
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How did Stalin differ from Vladimir Lenin?
When Joseph Stalin took over after Vladimir Lenin, they really weren't all that different. They both had views similar to that of Karl Marx, the philosopher.
How did Stalins's idea of Communism differ from those of Karl Marx?
Stalin created an Elite class of leaders.
How were Stalin's ideas of communism different from those of Karl Marx?
Stalin's and Marx's ideas of communism were radically different from one another. Stalin's communism consisted of a totalitarian government to control the means of production and exploit the citizens of the country. Marx believed communism would have no government at all; that the means of production would be administered by all and no one would be exploited. Stalin believed in first making a successful and stable communist regime in one country (Russia) first, then spreading it to other countries. Marx believed that communism could not exist in a single country surrounded by capitalist countries. Stalin's "communism" was just a political dictatorship rather than Marx's societal evolution of one type of society (capitalist) into another (socialist/communist). Stalin's government told people what to make, and what jobs to do. Stalin created an elite class of leaders.
Was Joseph Stalin a German philosopher?
No, but Karl Marx was.
Who led the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin or Karl Marx?
Joseph Stalin was a leader of the Soviet Union. Karl Marx was dead before the Soviet Union was ever formed.
In George Orwells Animal Farm Old Major represents and Napoleon represents?
Old Major represents Karl Marx and Napoleon represents Stalin
Which dictators were inspired by Karl Marx?
Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin
How does Marxism compare to Stalin's communist state?
Marx sought for a gradual shift from a dictatorship of the proletariat to a socialist state were the government control is removed as a unified society is formed to maintain equality and freedom. Stalin however never sought to reduce the powers of the Soviet government. Instead he maintained power over the people of the USSR and surrounding satellite states. Marx viewed a dictatorship as a means to an end in order to achieve an almost Utopian society while Stalin viewed a dictatorship as an end of itself.
Who developed the communist theory of government?
Karl Marx
How have communist leaders misused Karl Marx's ideas?
Vladimir Lenin advanced the idea of communism to the people of Russia promising them that they would be better off under a communist regime than under the Czarist regime. The revolution was driven by political forces, not by the economic ones that Marx theorized about. Lenin did not abolish state government although Marx saw communism as a society without a government or even a need for one. After Lenin, Stalin made the government even more powerful and oppressive than had been the Czarist regime. Lenin and Stalin sold communism to the Russian people, however after the Russian people paid the price for that communism, neither Lenin nor Stalin delivered the promised product.
What are the similar views of Adam Smith And Karl Marx?
they were both males
What are Barack Obama contemporaries?
Stalin, Carl Marx, Pol Pot, Eddi Amin
