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How Communism Led to Fascism and Violence

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How Communism Led to Fascism and Violence
Soviet SS-25 missiles are seen on Moscow's Red Square during the celebrations of the 1917 October Revolution on Nov. 7, 1990. Andre Durand/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Communism is an ideology supposedly meant to achieve equality and peace. Still, in reality, its promotion of dictatorship and violent takeover of the means of production have invariably led to some of the world’s worst authoritarian regimes.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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