"Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts"-Joseph Stalin

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

The NEP (New Economic Plan) March 21, 1921

Lenin decides to create the NEP when of course most of the government (along with myself) is against it. According to the NEP, people were allowed to have private businesses and collect their own wealth. Farmers will use this as a way to make more money. At the same time, the farmers' taxes will be different. Instead, they will pay the government with crops by quota. This, of course, is against the whole idea of Communism. Everyone is supposed to be even and it is not fair that certain people should get more when others are working just as hard. Well anyways, this measure will only last for so long, because I see Lenin dying soon. By then hopefully I can restore the order. Maybe I'll call my plan collectivism...

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