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USSR under the leadership of Josef Stalin was a living hell to peasants and farmers alike. Stalin's regime aimed to completely indoctrinate everything under communism. Farmers were seen as part of the bourgeoisie (as Marx dubbed the middle class, who were destroying society in his view) since they owned land, so they forced them to cede their land to the government and live in community farms. Additionally, biologists like Trofim Lysenko produced theories that seeds can "help" other plant seeds that were struggling to survive, so they should be planted all in the same hole so they can do this. Lysenkoism was the belief that biology was being taught in a capitalistic standard and that since communism was in the state of nature, nature of communistic. Thousands starved to death, but the leaders deeply believed that they were doing it out of spite, and the failing crops were not because of Lysenkoism but because of sabotage from capitalist sympathizers. Thousands more were imprisoned for the crime of starving and were brought to prisons so they can die quietly without international attention. No one was allowed to criticize the government as it was seen as treason. It was an awful period of time.
International and Domestic Consequences for America
A series of laws and court cases helped disenfranchise blacks and allow for segregation.
For example, the Plessy vs Ferguson was Supreme Court case that allowed for segregated facilities in society. The Supreme Court judges ruled that as long as the facilities are “ separate but equal” then they are allowed.
Besides that, the southern state governments passed laws like literacy tests, poll taxes, and the grandfather clause were put in place in order to stop black citizens from voting.
Slaves were seen as lesser people in the populous, in terms of representation, slave numbers were considered 3/5 of what they were, and the issue of slavery was not pushed in the two key debates in fear that it would lead to the Southern states distancing themselves.
