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Social democrats and equality
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Social democrats and equality

From the motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, which was first voiced in Maximilien Robespierre’s speech on ...

“Monopolies do not arise in a free market”
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“Monopolies do not arise in a free market”

Libertarians and other proponents of state non-interference claim that a free market does not tend ...

How Stalin created the nomenklatura
How Stalin created the nomenklatura

The layer of government officials is quite ancient and universally widespread, yet it plays a ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

The dangers of geographic determinism
The dangers of geographic determinism

We often hear the thesis from conservatives that Russia has a terrible climate, and for ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Economic systems and formations
Economic systems and formations

The attitude toward the economy is one of the factors that divide political movements and ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Social democrats and private property
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Social democrats and private property

One of the key divergences between social democrats and Marxists is the issue of private ...

Tolerance and social democracy
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Tolerance and social democracy

Let us first consider what the term “tolerance” means in its dictionary sense. Efremova’s Explanatory ...

Social democratic parties of the world
Social democratic parties of the world

In this article, we will highlight the strongest and most influential social democratic parties of ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Why some countries are rich and others poor
Why some countries are rich and others poor

How can economic growth and competitiveness be ensured to improve the material well-being of citizens ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

National policy of social democrats
National policy of social democrats

In the relevant articles, we have already analyzed why racism, Nazism, patriotism, nationalism, and fascism ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

How to achieve economic growth
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How to achieve economic growth

The well-known researcher Erik Reinert, in his economic bestseller “How Rich Countries Got Rich… and ...

Stalin and antisemitism
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Stalin and antisemitism

Accusing Joseph Stalin of antisemitism is a rather serious matter, because if he was an ...

Anti-Westernism in Russia: “enemies everywhere”
Anti-Westernism in Russia: “enemies everywhere”

Anti-Western rhetoric became entrenched in Russia in the middle of the 19th century during the ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Under Stalin, people were repressed for a reason”
“Under Stalin, people were repressed for a reason”

Russian society has grown so desperate from witnessing rampant corruption that it instinctively, subconsciously desires ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Populism or principles?
Populism or principles?

Quite unexpectedly, a serious issue for the Russian left has become the question of whether ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Smearing one’s own history”
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“Smearing one’s own history”

A convenient trick of political propaganda is the accusation of “smearing history” (also known as ...

Why power turnover is needed
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Why power turnover is needed

The most important requirement for any democratic society is ensuring the regular turnover of political ...

“Slandered Stalin”
“Slandered Stalin”

If we take several books from the vast body of journalistic literature that satisfies public ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

What should be included in a lustration program for the nomenklatura
What should be included in a lustration program for the nomenklatura

We have already examined how the nomenklatura in the USSR extracted resources from citizens, what ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

What is patriotism and is it useless
What is patriotism and is it useless

Usually, when the word “patriotism” is mentioned, it is perceived as something lofty and inherently ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov