Abby Martin & Richard Wolff discuss the issues of 2019.

[the other mike]

I left the s word out of the title to minimize the trolling.

Abby Martin sits down with renowned Marxist Economist Richard Wolff to discuss the growing popularity of socialism under Trump and its historical roots in America, misconceptions about Russia and China’s economic success and Marx’s theory of alienation and monopoly capitalism.

 

[georgephillip]

Around the 2:00 minute mark in your video Professor Wolff mentions how the Russian/Soviet economy grew from 1917 to 1975. Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Economy of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

"Beginning in 1928, the course of the economy of the Soviet Union was guided by a series of five-year plans.

"By the 1950s, the Soviet Union had rapidly evolved from a mainly agrarian society into a major industrial power.[15]

"Its transformative capacity—what the White House National Security Council of the United States described as a 'proven ability to carry backward countries speedily through the crisis of modernization and industrialization'—meant communism consistently appealed to the intellectuals of developing countries in Asia.[1

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Around the 2:00 minute mark in your video Professor Wolff mentions how the Russian/Soviet economy grew from 1917 to 1975. Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Economy of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

"Beginning in 1928, the course of the economy of the Soviet Union was guided by a series of five-year plans.

"By the 1950s, the Soviet Union had rapidly evolved from a mainly agrarian society into a major industrial power.[15]

"Its transformative capacity—what the White House National Security Council of the United States described as a 'proven ability to carry backward countries speedily through the crisis of modernization and industrialization'—meant communism consistently appealed to the intellectuals of developing countries in Asia.[1

Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Hilarious!

 

[the other mike]

Around the 2:00 minute mark in your video Professor Wolff mentions how the Russian/Soviet economy grew from 1917 to 1975. Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Economy of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

"Beginning in 1928, the course of the economy of the Soviet Union was guided by a series of five-year plans.

"By the 1950s, the Soviet Union had rapidly evolved from a mainly agrarian society into a major industrial power.[15]

"Its transformative capacity—what the White House National Security Council of the United States described as a 'proven ability to carry backward countries speedily through the crisis of modernization and industrialization'—meant communism consistently appealed to the intellectuals of developing countries in Asia.[1

Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Hilarious!

Funny. Everyone knows the most important economy in the world is Belize.

 

[georgephillip]

Around the 2:00 minute mark in your video Professor Wolff mentions how the Russian/Soviet economy grew from 1917 to 1975. Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Economy of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

"Beginning in 1928, the course of the economy of the Soviet Union was guided by a series of five-year plans.

"By the 1950s, the Soviet Union had rapidly evolved from a mainly agrarian society into a major industrial power.[15]

"Its transformative capacity—what the White House National Security Council of the United States described as a 'proven ability to carry backward countries speedily through the crisis of modernization and industrialization'—meant communism consistently appealed to the intellectuals of developing countries in Asia.[1

Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Hilarious!

Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Hilarious!

Economy of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

"Starting in 1928, the five-year plans began building a heavy industrial base at once in an underdeveloped economy without waiting years for capital to accumulate through the expansion of light industry, and without reliance on external financing.

"The New Economic Policy was rapidly abandoned and replaced by Stalinism.

"The country now became industrialized at a hitherto unprecedented pace, surpassing Germany's pace of industrialization in the 19th century and Japan's earlier in the 20th century."

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Around the 2:00 minute mark in your video Professor Wolff mentions how the Russian/Soviet economy grew from 1917 to 1975. Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Economy of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

"Beginning in 1928, the course of the economy of the Soviet Union was guided by a series of five-year plans.

"By the 1950s, the Soviet Union had rapidly evolved from a mainly agrarian society into a major industrial power.[15]

"Its transformative capacity—what the White House National Security Council of the United States described as a 'proven ability to carry backward countries speedily through the crisis of modernization and industrialization'—meant communism consistently appealed to the intellectuals of developing countries in Asia.[1

Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Hilarious!

Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Hilarious!

Economy of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

"Starting in 1928, the five-year plans began building a heavy industrial base at once in an underdeveloped economy without waiting years for capital to accumulate through the expansion of light industry, and without reliance on external financing.

"The New Economic Policy was rapidly abandoned and replaced by Stalinism.

"The country now became industrialized at a hitherto unprecedented pace, surpassing Germany's pace of industrialization in the 19th century and Japan's earlier in the 20th century."

"The country now became industrialized at a hitherto unprecedented pace, surpassing Germany's pace of industrialization in the 19th century and Japan's earlier in the 20th century."

And that's why it was okay that Stalin murdered 20 million Russians, eh comrade?

 

[georgephillip]

Around the 2:00 minute mark in your video Professor Wolff mentions how the Russian/Soviet economy grew from 1917 to 1975. Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Economy of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

"Beginning in 1928, the course of the economy of the Soviet Union was guided by a series of five-year plans.

"By the 1950s, the Soviet Union had rapidly evolved from a mainly agrarian society into a major industrial power.[15]

"Its transformative capacity—what the White House National Security Council of the United States described as a 'proven ability to carry backward countries speedily through the crisis of modernization and industrialization'—meant communism consistently appealed to the intellectuals of developing countries in Asia.[1

Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Hilarious!

Beginning in a largely agrarian state and pillaged by two world wars, by the mid 70s the Soviets had the second most important economy in the world after the US.

Hilarious!

Economy of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

"Starting in 1928, the five-year plans began building a heavy industrial base at once in an underdeveloped economy without waiting years for capital to accumulate through the expansion of light industry, and without reliance on external financing.

"The New Economic Policy was rapidly abandoned and replaced by Stalinism.

"The country now became industrialized at a hitherto unprecedented pace, surpassing Germany's pace of industrialization in the 19th century and Japan's earlier in the 20th century."

"The country now became industrialized at a hitherto unprecedented pace, surpassing Germany's pace of industrialization in the 19th century and Japan's earlier in the 20th century."

And that's why it was okay that Stalin murdered 20 million Russians, eh comrade?

"The country now became industrialized at a hitherto unprecedented pace, surpassing Germany's pace of industrialization in the 19th century and Japan's earlier in the 20th century."

And that's why it was okay that Stalin murdered 20 million Russians, eh comrade?

No more that it was "okay" for the US to enslave millions of Africans for centuries AND murder millions of indigenous Americans for their land.

Are you disappointed your hero left a few Russians alive?