Pros And Cons Of Trotsky And Stalin

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Fernando Madison
Mrs. Martel
English IV Honors, 3rd period
30 April 2017 Governmental scapegoats were exploited and mishandled throughout history. First off, Emmanuel Goldstein in 1984. Then, Leon Trotsky verses Joseph Stalin. Finally, the Nazi’s taking advantage of the Jews. These are three good examples showing how scapegoating the government is a bad idea! For instance, in 1984, Emmanuel was hated and opposed, “The hate had started. The face of Emmanuel Goldstein, the enemy of the people, had flashed on the screen,” (Orwell 25). Goldstein was once one of the leading figures of the party and was almost on the same level as Big Brother. Society described Goldstein as, “the commander of a vast shadowy army, an underground network …show more content…

Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary and theorist, and a Soviet politician who built the exchange of all political energy to the Soviets. When Lenin died, Trotsky and Stalin had to compete for the leading spot. In the end, Stalin came out on top by using propaganda techniques making it seem like Trotsky was a spy. After Stalin won, he kept Trotsky alive for a whole year just to blame social and economic problems on him. Joseph didn’t realize “The biggest problem with scapegoating a government is that it makes it much harder to solve social and economic problems,” (Douglas, governmentisgood.com). Trotsky was a very disliked person and was kicked out of multiple states, he even survived a machine gun attack on his home. Eventually, Stalin banished him from the USSR and had him assassinated by a Spanish communist, Ramon Mercader, in Coyoacan, Mexico on the 21st of August, 1940. Just like how Goldstein was demonized in society, Trotsky was …show more content…

For example, Emmanuel Goldstein in 1984, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin, and the Nazi’s blaming the Jews. To conclude with, in the future, don’t scapegoat the government you’re just hurting yourself at the end! Works Cited
Douglas J., Amy. “Why government becomes the scapegoat.” Government is good. www.governmentisgood.com/article.php?aid=22&p=1 Fullerton, Dave. “Scapegoating by a corrupt government.” Displacement and refugees. www.rwandanstories.org/origins/refugees_and_scapegoating.html Hull, Gary. “Scapegoats: How Politicians pass the blame.” December 6th, 2012. www.thefiscaltimes.com/columns/2012/12/06/scapegoats-How-Politicians-Pass-the-Blame%3Famp Orwell, George. 1984. Secker, Harvill, June 8th, 1949.
Boothe, Lisa. “The Democrats’ newest scapegoat: The Russians”, December 16th, 2016.

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