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The thought experiment of communism, socialism and capitalism
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The speaker finds the history of communism, socialism and capitalism a useful thought experiment and is fascinated by the series of events that led to the fall of communism in Russia due to accidents of history, bold decisions by Lenin, smart realpolitik from Trotsky and Stalin, and the arrogance of the autocracy.
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