Some think that war should be organized by a superior race, say the German race,

against an inferior race, primarily against the Slavs,

that only such a war can provide a way out of the situation,

for it is the mission of the superior race to render the

inferior race fruitful and to rule over it. What may be the result of that? It is well known that

ancient Rome looked upon the ancestors of the present-day Germans and French, in the same way as the

representatives of the superior race now look upon the Slav races. But what was the upshot of this?

The upshot was that the non-Romans, i.e. all the barbarians, united against the common enemy and brought Rome down with a crash.

The question arises, what guarantee is there that the claims of the representatives of the

superior race of today will not lead to the same lamentable results?

What guarantee is there that the fascist literary politicians in Berlin

will be more fortunate than the old and experienced conquerors in Rome?

Would it not be more correct to assume that the opposite will be the case?

Joseph Stalin, in his report to the 17th Party Congress in 1934.

Welcome to the history of the 20th century.

Thank you. Episode 3rd3 What guarantee is there?

It's been a while since I've talked about the Soviet Union. That was back in episode 275,

and a lot has happened in Europe since then, so let's

check in and see how Russia is dealing with it. The Great Depression was seen by the Marxist-Leninist

theoreticians at Comintern as an unmistakable sign that the final collapse of capitalism, long predicted yet equally

long delayed, was finally at hand. In Germany, the country with the second largest Communist Party,

the communists refused to make common cause with the Social Democrats, deeming lukewarm

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