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The collapse of the Soviet Union could have been many things including the government not working in general, citizens revolting, and radical reforms. The economic collapse of the Soviet Union was a key part in its demise. Human Rights weren’t necessarily a top priority which may have caused the citizens to not like the Soviet Union. Gorbachev felt embarrassed about how dependent the Union was on foreign markets. Even with all these issues in the Soviet Union it was still one of the most…

power to get rid of Trotsky using propaganda against him and doing things like taking him off the Politburo. After many exiles before, Stalin then exiled him for good. Stalin was a power seeking, corrupt dictator who used lots of propaganda and force (KGB) to get his way and make it seem okay. He even had a Propaganda department in his government to help his credibility and help him get support. One place that he used his propaganda was in schools and education. He wanted the next generation to…

George Orwell's allegorical novel Animal Farm is an example of how power leads to destruction. One of the main characters, a pig named Napoleon, is decided leader after his farm takes over and runs things by themselves. The ways of the farm are slowly yet suddenly changed throughout the time span of many years. Napoleon made every division, for every animal. Three ways Napoleon's actions led to destruction of the farm are less food, more work, and the fear of death. Napoleon makes changes based…

Alexander Litvinenko dying statement, “May God forgive you for what you have done, not only to me, but to beloved Russia and its people.” Alexander Litvinenko was an ex KGB agent and spy, the first ever known victim killed with polonium-210. The assassination of Alexander Litvinenko is inequitable, however, even though others believed he knew top secret files and seen as a menace to Russia, he did not live to be a traitor. The assassination is unjust considering Alexander was not a threat to…

Throughout its long history, Russia has been trapped in a continuous cycle of authoritarian regimes; only interrupted by brief periods of tumultuous democratic transitions, that were often plagued by the inability of the democratic system itself to function and ineptitude by the leaders who were in power. Therefore, by and by, Russia always turned towards authoritarianism. However, when the Soviet Union fell, it seemed as though the cycle would be broken, however once again, through exploitation…

MI6 military training base somewhere in Europe “You have been selected to save the world from a Bigfoot apocalypse. The future of the humankind rests on your shoulders.” Says Steve Jobs the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti(KGB) leader and the instructor in charge of the BH training. “yes sir,” says the Men that have been picked to make up the…

less extreme version of communism. Animal Farm is an allegory of the Russian Revolution. Different animals in the story represent important players in Russia's history. We have pigs to represent people in power like Stalin and Trotsky. Dogs are the KGB and all other animals are the lower, working class. Orwell wanted to write this book to show others that communism has good ideas, but it never ends like the people planned. In Animal Farm, it starts with all the animals overthrowing their…

amount of power. Both are ruthless leaders willing to do whatever it takes to gain control and hold on to it, even murder. Shakespeare’s Macbeth starts out as a noble military man, regarded as courageous by many. Similarly, Putin started out in the KGB, which is associated with the Russian military. Macbeth and Putin both display how gaining a high position of power quickly and forcefully can leave someone both unstable and unstoppable. They are related in the ways they gain control, how…

enemy” ; show that just because you were raised one way does not mean the other is wrong. “What, of this goldfish, would you wish” is the best example of how growing up in abject times does not make you a bad person. Sergei grew up in Russia where the KGB would come randomly to your door and ask questions. With all that, he did not grow up to be a hard man but instead a loving one .Sergei’s first wish was for his sister who had lung cancer that would be wished away. His second wish was for…

The problem is that a ton of single-assassin theorists rely on the HSCA’s version of the SBT. As we’ve clearly seen, their version is totally at odds with the evidence and more towards a bias in desperate haste to confirm a predetermined conclusion and the government’s thesis -- a lone assassin. If its not the HSCA they rely on, they rely on subsequent “experts” of the case. Also... Pat Speer factually points out: “While many TV shows present the single-bullet theories of Dr. Lattimer, Gerald…