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Should Stalin Have Not Thrown Out…?


The NEP “plan” that Lenin adopted early on to allow some private enterprise and growth in the farming sector and other small buisnesses? Lenin did claim that this was a step backwards socioeconomically to adopt these somewhat capitalistic ideals but would eventually allow the Soviet Union to adopt socialism later and much smoother given the success the NEP plan was having in avoiding complete economic collapse and the success it had producing crops. Lenin was accused by the bolsheviks of betraying the Marxist ideals but if I recall Marx did expalin how it was neccessary to adopt capitalism after being under a Monarchy. If so why did Lenin rush to overthrow the provisional government that took power after the Tsar was stripped of power? This appeared to resemble (to me at least) the bourgeosie revolution. It all kind of fell in place it seems, but was Lenin just too impatient or too power hungry?
My final question revolves around this, more people within the party seemed accepting to Stalin taking power because of this NEP plan. Stalin really made no secret of his intentions of extreme centralization and 5 year plans that would all but destroy any form of free market that exsisted within the soviet union. My final questions are what if Stalin had kept the NEP plan intact? How much of an impact would this have had in the shaping of the soviet union? Would they have been able to adopt true socilaism within, oh, lets say 10-15 years?

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