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What is the difference between Marxism and Marxist-Leninism?

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So, Marx was pretty clear about the whole "You should never surrender arms or ammunition, under any circumstances" (paraphrasing), so how did the Soviet Union go about justifying gun laws to the people?

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In the U.S., when did the Labor Movement begin to lose momentum? At what point did the average Joe stop fighting for a living wage?

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As far as I know, the Antifascist movement began with social democrats opposing monarchists, communists, and fascists,(like the Iron Front) in order to preserve the Weimer Republic. Why are they now more associated with Communists and Anarchists?

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Was there ever a recorded incident of a Roman gladiator (or any other kind of slave) who won his freedom and went on to serve in the Legion?

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It's the 25th of December 1991 - I am a Soviet enlistedman, my buddy is a political officer (commissa?), and my boss is a very high-ranking officer. We're stationed in a non-Russian city (Kiev, or Nur-Sultan), but all from different areas of the Union. What happens tomorrow, as the nation dissolves?

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Who were the "Landlords" that Mao had killed?

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Where does the image of Jewish Bolshevism, or otherwise Jewish people influencing the world negatively, come from?

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I'm kinda having a hard time figuring out what I'm asking, but do scholars have any way of telling when "capitalism" as a whole began?

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Why is the 2nd Amendment in the U.S. interpreted how it is?

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What is the difference between Marxism and Marxist-Leninism?	38
So, Marx was pretty clear about the whole "You should never surrender arms or ammunition, under any circumstances" (paraphrasing), so how did the Soviet Union go about justifying gun laws to the people?	36
In the U.S., when did the Labor Movement begin to lose momentum? At what point did the average Joe stop fighting for a living wage?	35
As far as I know, the Antifascist movement began with social democrats opposing monarchists, communists, and fascists,(like the Iron Front) in order to preserve the Weimer Republic. Why are they now more associated with Communists and Anarchists?	33
Was there ever a recorded incident of a Roman gladiator (or any other kind of slave) who won his freedom and went on to serve in the Legion?	32
It's the 25th of December 1991 - I am a Soviet enlistedman, my buddy is a political officer (commissa?), and my boss is a very high-ranking officer. We're stationed in a non-Russian city (Kiev, or Nur-Sultan), but all from different areas of the Union. What happens tomorrow, as the nation dissolves?	30
Who were the "Landlords" that Mao had killed?	30
Where does the image of Jewish Bolshevism, or otherwise Jewish people influencing the world negatively, come from?	23
I'm kinda having a hard time figuring out what I'm asking, but do scholars have any way of telling when "capitalism" as a whole began?	19
Why is the 2nd Amendment in the U.S. interpreted how it is?	19