reading response 3 "The Socialist Drive" Alison Thompson C08
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The Socialist Drive
By J.V. Stalin
Joseph Stalin who was General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party in 1922 and the dictator of the Soviet Union in 1929, declared problems with Leninism and initiated his plans for new industrial and agricultural policies. He believed that a key factor in helping Russia’s economy would be industrialization and that industries needs subsidies. He argues that by trying to transform into a socialist country, peasants really have joined the collective farms, it was strengthening the tie between workers and the peasants, and that it would lead to a better system for the country. He explains how well Russia was doing and that the ideas of the 5 year plan was actually surpassed. In conclusion, Stalin argues that the capitalist theory would “lead to the impoverishment of the peasantry and to the development of capitalist enterprises in agriculture”, while the socialist way “leads to the amalgamation of small peasant farms into large collective farms” (pg 246) This document focuses on the economy and political structure of Russia, and determines the goal of Stalin as he fights to try to make Russia a socialist country and inspired other citizens to endorse socialism.
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