WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which writer developed many of the political and economic ideas that were used in the USSR?
A
Karl Marx
B
John Locke
C
Baron de Montesquieu
D
Adam Smith
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Father of Communism, Karl Marx, a German philosopher and economist, proposed this new ideology in his Communist Manifesto, which he wrote with Friedrich Engels in 1848. The manifesto emphasized the importance of class struggle in every historical society, and the dangerous instability capitalism created.

Detailed explanation-2: -With that, Stalin’s application of Marxism–Leninism to the situation of the Soviet Union became Stalinism, the official state ideology until his death in 1953.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marx believed capitalism to be a step in the economic development and progression of society. The Marxist theory stated that capitalism was a step toward the change in society which would ultimately lead to socialism, followed by communism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Karl Marx was a German philosopher during the 19th century. He worked primarily in the realm of political philosophy and was a famous advocate for communism. He cowrote The Communist Manifesto and was the author of Das Kapital, which together formed the basis of Marxism.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was first published in 1848. It formed the basis for the modern communist movement as we know it, arguing that capitalism would inevitably self-destruct, to be replaced by socialism and ultimately communism.

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