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Marxism
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The philosophy developed by Karl Marx, arguing that history is a tale of class antagonism, that social divisions are created by private property, and that revolution is inevitable.
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State socialism
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An arrangement under which there is large-scale state intervention in the economy, centralization of political authority, government by a single political party, state ownership of property, and the elimination of the free market.
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Stalinism
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Stalin’s political, economic, and social values, including centralized economic planning, a cult of personality, a police state, and mass terror.
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Cult of personality
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A political regime based on the idealized and heroic representation of the leader as the focus of the state.
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Command economy
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One in which production, investment, supply, and wages are set by a government rather than being left to the free market. Also known as a planned economy.
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Patrimonialism
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A political system based on a leader as a father figure who has limited accountability to his people but who claims to understand their interests and needs.
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