Word: capitalisme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lenin, before the Communist Internationale, explained why Russia has abandoned the revolutionary sytem, rejected communism, and reverted to capitalism. "We went too far . . . we must learn from circumstances". "We instituted a new system more in accordance with the needs of the majority of the population."
The delegates to this convention of communists who are the avowed foes of capitalism, nationalism, and militarism have been treated to a big dose of Russian nationalism and militarism in the shape of several colossal military reviews of the crack Red Army, newly equipped from head to foot, and attended...
"The present system of private property, of capitalism and inheritance is fundamentally wrong. The millionaire stockholder must not be allowed to live at Venice or Palm Beach on the earnings resulting from the labor of a steel-hand in the mills of Pittsburg."
After a luncheon at the Liberal Club yesterday, Mr. Scott Nearing, former professor of Political, Science at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke briefly on the choice of life work confronting a man upon his graduation from college. According to Mr. Nearing he must elect one of two courses; he may...
"Capitalism is now in the throws of disintegration, and socialism is a bubble that has already been broken. Europe is disintegrating rapidly, and is now worse than it was at the time of the Armistice. International credit is breaking down, and the productive power of the European workingman has decreased...