During the Five Year Plans Stalin created an almost pure command economy. If he needed food, he requisitioned it. If that didn't work, he had the country-side searched for private stocks which he confiscated, having first killed its owners. If he wanted to build a factory in the Urals, he sent people there to build it using food and materials he had requisitioned elsewhere. He killed maybe 15 million people he thought were opposing his policies. He also inspired workers very effectively, convincing them that they were building a new type of civilization, and were in fact becoming a new and better type of human being. He was helped in this endeavor by the fact that the entire rest of the world was manifestly against the Soviet experiment and wanted it to fail. The workers believed their lives depended on rapid industrialization, and given the rise of fascism, and their leaders murderous resolve, they were right.

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What role did Americans play in the Spanish Colonization in the Philippines?

jenyasd209 [6]

Answer:

Treaty of Paris

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What made it so hard for Hinduism to spread?

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There is no place for a convert in Hindu society, which is made up of castes, each of which is a closed corporation. As a result, the caste system has hindered Hindus from growing and absorbing other religious groups. Evangelism was not a priority for Hinduism and Judaism in the past. Both of these religions are more culturally and ethnically based. The missionary enthusiasm was missing, just as it was in Europe's pagan faiths and China's religions. Nothing in the holy writings makes it the followers' responsibility to disseminate the faith.

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