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Germany is not treated as a liberal democracy: Bismarck suppresses Catholics and multiple political movements because they threaten German unity.
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Communists
The Beijing visit is only the front door.
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The Beijing visit is only the front door.
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Jiang uses Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese invasion to illustrate that Chinese elites may treat peasant revolution as a deeper threat than foreign conquest because revolution overturns social hierarchy.
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Alexander says his own study of Marxism, his Marxist friends, and his acquaintance with genuine communists all confirm for him that the communist perspective is purely and completely materialistic.
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"materialistic uh um um um um materialistic uh um um materialistic uh um um materialistic uh um um um ideology that denies the existence..."
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"communists anyway i can deliver an absolute fact that uh their perspective is a purely and"
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"completely materialistic one nico says and alex when you are in greece come in haidari sit in polataki so i can come and say..."
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"And when that happens, in Europe, when you become a hegemon, guess who gets scared at you? Guess who is now going to plot..."
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"...that's socialism. Then you have communism, which is more radical. Basically, communists believe wealth should be redistributed."
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"We should get rid of private property and redistribute wealth for more equality in society. Also, communism is an international movement. You also have..."
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"...care about the Japanese? Not at all. He cares about the Communist Party, these peasants in these caves in northwest China."
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"...are perfectly willing to work with you to control China. The Communists represent an overturning of the social hierarchy. Therefore, they are a much..."
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"...the Bolsheviks came into power. It almost happened in Germany when communists almost came to power in Germany. All right? So, war creates political..."
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"...apply to China. China is an authoritarian nation, meaning that the Communist Party is in charge. It doesn't really need to take an account...."
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"...attack it, your whole thing is about going to stop the communist invasion of Southeast Asia. Who was the first country Vietnam has a..."
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"...could, right? To Europe and to Japan. But there are still communist countries like China and Soviet Union, which did not want to participate..."
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