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Jiang says the Bolsheviks were an extreme minority faction that seized power and won only 23 percent of the popular vote after the October Revolution.
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Bolsheviks
Transnational capital is said to care about profit rather than ideology, which is why it could work with Bolsheviks despite anti-capitalist rhetoric.
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He presents the Bolsheviks as unlikely civil-war winners because they faced Whites, allied armies, Greens, peasants, and broad unpopularity.
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He says the Bolsheviks' weak base required foreign mercenaries from Latvia, China, and Hungary, raising the question of how they were paid.
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Jiang claims Wall Street and the City of London paid Bolshevik mercenaries, and that the Bolsheviks repaid them through Red Terror extraction from Russian wealth holders.
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He says allied armies in Russia did not destroy Bolshevism but collected debts, then left and attacked the Whites, helping the Bolsheviks win.
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Jiang says Allied armies entered Russia not primarily to fight communism but to force Bolsheviks to pay debts owed to Britain, Japan, the United States, and France.
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Transnational capital is said to care about profit rather than ideology, which is why it could work with Bolsheviks despite anti-capitalist rhetoric.
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Jiang argues that the Russian Okhrana incubated Lenin's Bolshevik faction by protecting, informing, and likely financing it through agents such as Roman Malinovsky.
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"...now you have a democratic government in Russia. But then the Bolsheviks, the Bolsheviks are an extreme communist faction, okay?"
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"...have an election. As you can see from this election, the Bolsheviks, even though they have seized power, they're not as popular, okay, as..."
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"...at this time in history, you cannot possibly expect that the Bolsheviks would win this battle, okay? But they do. All right, here's something..."
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"...right. Let's continue. All right. Another thing is that, again, the Bolsheviks are not that popular, okay? The peasants are pissed off at them..."
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"...Street, guys. Wall Street and the City of London gave the Bolsheviks money to pay these mercenaries. It was Wall Street who paid for..."
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"...Union, the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union, the Bolshevik paid off this debt. So then the allies left and attacked the..."
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"...and that's why they sent armies to try to reduce the Bolshevik threat. That's not true, guys. Why they sent the armies is because..."
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"...war against Germany, and that's why... And the Germans control the Bolsheviks, and that's why Britain and America would not support the Bolsheviks. And..."
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"...documents that show that, in fact, transnational capital were helping the Bolsheviks win power in Russia. Why? Because they believed in the Bolsheviks? No...."
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"Lenin's factionalism began to alienate increasing numbers of Bolsheviks, including his former close supporters. So this guy was an asshole. He was a fanatic...."
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"...the other groups, okay? So the secret police is incubating the Bolsheviks. All right. Let's use another example. Have you ever asked yourself where..."
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"...And they are intellectuals and they believe heavily in Marx. The Bolsheviks are led by Marx. The Bolsheviks are led by Lenin and they..."
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