This is exactly where Sachs lost me. In 1945, the USSR was the greatest threat to the world. Its open and active mission to spread international communism, which they executed to great effect, was at the center of all western foreign policy for 50 years. International Communism was responsible for the murder of over 100 million people. S…
This is exactly where Sachs lost me. In 1945, the USSR was the greatest threat to the world. Its open and active mission to spread international communism, which they executed to great effect, was at the center of all western foreign policy for 50 years. International Communism was responsible for the murder of over 100 million people. Suddenly, we have complete amnesia about all of this? Is the death toll simply too large to comprehend?
Allying with the Soviets to defeat the Nazis was a deal with the devil.
That said, I doubt the continuity of communist ideology between pre and post USSR Russia.
This is exactly where Sachs lost me. In 1945, the USSR was the greatest threat to the world. Its open and active mission to spread international communism, which they executed to great effect, was at the center of all western foreign policy for 50 years. International Communism was responsible for the murder of over 100 million people. Suddenly, we have complete amnesia about all of this? Is the death toll simply too large to comprehend?
Allying with the Soviets to defeat the Nazis was a deal with the devil.
That said, I doubt the continuity of communist ideology between pre and post USSR Russia.