MEANING OF ANTI-COMMUNISM
Anti-communism is opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed in reaction to the rise of communism, especially
after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and reaching global dimensions during the Cold War.Most] anti-communists reject] the concept of historical materialism, which is a central idea in Marxism. Anti-communists reject the Marxist belief that capitalism will be followed by socialism
and communism, just as feudalism was followed by capitalism. Anti-communists question the validity of the Marxist claim
that the socialist state will "wither away" when it becomes unnecessary in a true communist society.Anti-communists argue
that the repression in the early years of Bolshevik rule, while not as extreme as that during Joseph Stalin's rule, was still severe by reasonable standards, citing examples such as Felix Dzerzhinsky's secret police, which eliminated numerous political opponents by extrajudicial executions,
and the brutal crushing of the Kronstadt rebellion and Tambov rebellion. Some anti-communists refer to both Communism and fascism as totalitarianism, seeing similarity between the actions of communist and fascist governments. Historian
Robert Conquest has argued that Communism was responsible for tens of millions of deaths during the 20th
century.Opponents[argue that Communist parties that have come to power have tended to be rigidly intolerant of
political opposition. These opponents claim that most Communist countries have shown no signs of advancing from Marx's socialist
stage of economy to an ideal communist stage. Rather, Communist governments have been accused of creating a new ruling class (aNomenklatura), with powers and privileges greater than those previously enjoyed by the upper classes in the non-communist regimes.
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