Post-Revolution Russia

Circumstances in post-revolution Russia (civil war, foreign intervention) meant the establishment of a dictatorship was easy. Communists believed that despite society's need to exchange goods, the Capitalist system wouldn't ever be capable of distributing goods fairly, therefore leading to exploitation of the working class, eventually sparking revolution.

Russia had great scepticism of the achievability of permanent and peaceful coexistence with their rival countries. This led to an inability to compromise, in turn conveying a necessity to dominate all competing powers in existence. Russia enforced strict guidelines upon it's people, as it believed that the only aspect of Russian society that could have rigidity, structure, and power was the

Another was that the top tier of the Party lacked member rotation, and therefore the same small group make all the decisions. From these could stem disloyalty and potentially revolt (then the fall of Communism, similar to the idea of the fall of Capitalism).

This presents the question; is the Soviet power system that different to Capitalism, or will it also contain the means of it's destruction.

Soviet leaders convinced civilians that the outside world was threatening, and that Russia had a political duty to overthrow foreign political forces. These ideologies were sustained by a range of methods. One was the belief perpetuated by the Soviets that giving your opposition(s) recognition would only legitimise or justify their beliefs. This is how the focus of Soviet belief systems moved from being solely internal, and instead focussed on the role played by foreign systems. Any opposing views or 'Capitalist sympathisers' were seen to have been influenced by foreign ideas, and the existence of those ideas should be denied entirely. Few civilians challenged authority, and those who did seemed invalid. Elements of Capitalism in Russian society were used as a scapegoat to blame for any failure in society, and justified the Soviets sustaining their strict