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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October Revolution
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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He says the October Revolution was a wild gamble that worked because of capitalist greed, and once it worked it made communism seem possible elsewhere, including China.
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"What the Communist Manifesto says is, yes, you are. Yeah, we're all part of this great conspiracy to conquer the world and establish communism,..."
"They launched the October Revolution. So basically they seized power for themselves. And then they have an election. As you can see from this..."
"...of communism everywhere including in china okay so 1917 1917 the october revolution it was a wild gamble and it"
"worked because of the greed of capitalists okay but once it worked out once communism was established in soviet union then it changed the..."
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