The Soviet Union was Communist

My definition of communism was not incorrect. Communism is literally the phase of society where there is no state (government), currency (money) or class system (social inequality) in place. Karl Marx, the original father of Communism who hailed from Germany built the Communist philosophy on the idea that the workers should own the means of production, that no one should have to answer to hierarchy that infringed upon their natural human rights, and that people should not have to pay money in order to get their basic needs for life. Anyways, moving on to my actual opening argument (round three will be for rebuttals): [1] Russian Revolution- The revolution in Russia that overthrew Czar Nicholas II lead to the uprising of three different political leaders; Karl Marx (who led the Marxists), Vladimir Lenin (who lead the Leninists) and Trotsky (Who lead the Trotskyists). They all fought for semi-different causes. 1) Marx fought for the Marxist "form" of Communism, Lenin fought for the Leninist "form"of Communism and Trotsky realistically fought for the means of dictatorship. During the February revolution, a thing called the Petrograd Soviet was implemented into the structure of society, the Petrograd Soviet was a council that represented soldiers and workers whose needs were being neglected due to inflation and potentially due to tyranny. However, Lenin found himself to banish these councils- rendering the worker and soldier councils a thing of the past, and generally revoking their rights. Lenin became power hungry, and this lead to his death. Trotsky also died, but it he lost supporters throughout the revolution anyways. Then we had Marx, more of a diplomatic guy who sat in the backseat while his followers did the 'dirty work' for him. [2] Josef Stalin- The first official leader of the Soviet Union who ran what is called a 'Totalitarian State' or 'Totalitarian Dictatorship', in which one person has completely and full control over the entire country. Josef Stalin's policies, views and means of political structure in the society of Russia contradicted the means of Communism. To call Soviet Russia Communist would be like calling countries like the USA, Nazi Germany or Fascist Spain Anarchist nations. Stalin ruled over everyone, and pretty much absorbed wealth, exploited and enslaved the proletariat and shifted gears forcing everyone into a continuous cycle of oppression, impoverishment and starvation. Communism promotes equality and the sharing of freedom, in world where things run on trade (market economy, barter economy) and therefore currency is not needed. And even if the government reverted to a trade-based society, the people would still be provided most of their needs in the very nature of it being Communist. [3] World War Two- During the Second World War, the Soviet Union had one of the strongest fighting military forces ever established for its time. The Soviet Union's Red Army (also known as the Red Terror), invaded Germany and took down the Nazi Regime once and for all with their own military invasive methods. How does this correspond with the argument of Russia not being Communist? Communist countries have no organised military whatsoever. Russia was one of the biggest military superpowers for its time back then, and it certainly lacked any kind of Communist traits. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] ww. sparknotes. com/history/european/russianrev/summary. html [2] . http://www.history.com... . http://www.bbc.co.uk... . http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] . http://en.wikipedia.org... Features of Communism: 1) . https://www.marxists.org... 2) . https://www.marxists.org... Socialism: 1) . http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Next round is rebuttals, remember that.