The Rise of the Third Reich

Late at night on February 12, 1932, Moscow.

When the whole city fell into darkness, only the Kremlin, where the brain of the Red Empire was, still flickered.

The great leader who rules this country has many things to do. Even late at night, he is still presiding over a political meeting in the Kremlin, discussing a major event related to the future and destiny of the international community:

Is Germany a socialist country?

This problem has actually always existed. Whether it is the time and space changed by Hirschman or the original time and space - Europe is actually a place with a strong socialist complex. Often, various socialist parties or labor parties that have gained power will publish a white paper or other document declaring that their country is a socialist country. This is the case until the 21st century.

However, the great Bolshevik leaders of later generations in the 21st century will not worry about this kind of thing, let alone hold a political bureau meeting in the middle of the night to discuss whether other countries are socialist... Isn't there something wrong with this?

Comrade Stalin originally thought this way - unlike Lenin, he liked to write articles to discuss with Western European social democrats what socialism was and what was not. He couldn't write this kind of article, and he didn't think this kind of quarrel was meaningful. Socialism is not created by quarreling, nor by writing articles, it must rely on construction!

Under his wise leadership, the Soviet Union's first five-year plan was nearly completed.

Although Soviet farmers paid a huge price for this, their sacrifices still enabled the country to achieve impressive results. In less than four years, the Soviet Union has built or will soon build more than 1,500 large-scale industrial enterprises equipped with modern technology and equipment. It also introduced technologies, talents, and equipment from Germany and the United States, and established emerging industrial sectors such as tractors, aircraft manufacturing, automobiles, heavy machinery, machine tool manufacturing, chemical synthesis industry, and precision instrument manufacturing.

As the first Five-Year Plan is about to be successfully completed, the Soviet Union has initially established an independent and relatively complete national economic system, laying a material foundation for the realization of socialist industrialization. Stalin’s optimistic expectation was that as long as it went through one or two more such five-year plans, the Soviet Union’s industry would steadily surpass Germany and approach the United States, becoming the world’s first or second largest industrial power.

Only then will the Soviet Union really be qualified to proudly declare itself a socialist country!

But just as the Soviet Union was rapidly marching on the broad road leading to socialism, socialism appeared as a semicolon, state socialism—in fact, the terms state socialism or dynastic socialism have always been used in Germany. However, in the past, there was no "National Socialist Workers' Party" that became the ruling party in Germany, and no one proposed a clear line and policy for National Socialism, let alone the National Socialist International to spread National Socialist ideas to the world!

What surprised Stalin even more was that these Germans who had appropriated the name of socialism were now asking the Soviet Union and the Third International to recognize Germany as a socialist country, to recognize that national socialism was also socialism, and to recognize the emergence of national socialist Germany. It is a major victory of socialism over capitalism!

This really makes Comrade Stalin, the great leader of communism, dumbfounded.

"Comrades, what do you think of the German National Socialism?" Stalin took a puff of his cigarette to cheer up, and then squinted his eyes and slowly glanced over the faces of the political bureau members participating in the meeting.

Now there are no veteran "oppositions" like Trotsky, Kamenev, and Zinoviev in the political situation. Even Bukharin and his allies Rykov and Tomsky have been eliminated. Out. The rest are comrades who can do practical things, and building socialism requires such people. But to deal with the Germans who pretend to be socialist, we need comrades who understand theory and can write articles to criticize and expose... Stalin now misses Bukharin, the former editor-in-chief of "Pravda", if he was still in the political situation , there must be 100 ways to expose the true face of state socialism!

But now, who in the political bureau understands theory?

Comrade Voroshilov, who was born as a child laborer and had only been studying for two years, would definitely not understand. What about Kaganovich, a Jewish shoemaker by trade? It seems that there is no hope. Kosior, a Polish man with a background as a fitter, was definitely not good at theory either. Kirov did have some education and attended the Kazan Mechanical Technical School. He was a very capable and popular cadre. However, his theoretical level should be only average. Chairman of the State Planning Commission Kuibyshev joined the revolution too early. He started the revolution at the age of fourteen. His arrest, imprisonment, and exile took up too much of his time... People's Commissar of Heavy Industry Ordzhonikidze and the steel worker Union leader Andreev does not seem to have a deep theoretical foundation. As for old man Kalinin, he has always been confused and cannot discuss theoretical matters with him. It seems that Molotov is the only one in the political situation who understands theory. He has worked for Iskra (an organ of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in Germany, and was once a tool for Lenin to propagate revolutionary ideas) and Pravda. Edited by "Newspaper".

Seeing Stalin's eyes sweeping over, Molotov knew what he had to say.

"Comrade Stalin, comrades, the Nazi Party and the Juncker Group are definitely not socialists, no matter what banner they use. But they want us to recognize Germany as a socialist country. I am afraid they want to use this method to build a solid and reliable The Soviet-German Alliance. Just like the revolutionary leaders in southern China and the revolutionaries in India, although they are not real Bolsheviks, they are still willing to move closer to us, learn from the Soviet Union’s successful experience, and seek our help..."

In the 1930s, socialism was relatively popular around the world, and the Soviet Union was viewed as a progressive and revolutionary country. Moreover, due to the Soviet Union's stance against colonialism, many colonial and semi-colonial nationalists also took up the banner of socialism and sought assistance from the Soviet Union.

"But they can also seek support from Germany in the future!" Kirov interjected at this time, "National socialism is likely to be more popular in these colonial and semi-colonial countries."

Contrary to what Stalin imagined, he had studied state socialism. The economic foundation of the National Society was Listerism, which emerged in the early stages of the transition from agricultural society to industrial society in German countries. It is obviously more in line with the economic structure of colonial and semi-colonial countries. Moreover, state socialism does not eliminate private ownership, so it is more easily accepted by the middle and upper classes of society.

"Furthermore, fascist organizations in various countries can easily be transformed into national socialism," Kirov added. "Fascism and national socialism are relatively close to each other, so it is easy to complete the transformation. Once Germany becomes strong again, I believe it will soon Form a 'national socialist alliance'. Internationally, national socialism is likely to surpass us."

After listening to Kirov's analysis, Stalin also frowned. The "National Socialist International" may become really powerful and pose a threat to the development of the Third International.

"What's more serious is," Kirov paused, "National Socialism is likely to have an impact within the Soviet Union!"

Stalin was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly. The possibility Kirov mentioned exists because Germany and the Soviet Union have too frequent contacts. There are many German technicians working in the Soviet Union, and many Soviet college students go to Germany to study - the Soviet Union has sent thousands of people to study in Germany in the past few years, and plans to send more students abroad according to the plan. These people and those German technicians are likely to tell the Soviet people who are tightening their belts to build socialism about the "superiority" of state socialism...

Stalin glanced approvingly at Kirov, a member of the Political Bureau of the Bolshevik Party who came from Leningrad. Kirov seemed to be a very determined and thoughtful person, and he seemed to be about the same level as himself.

Facing Stalin's gaze, Kirov said in a rather firm tone: "So not only can we not admit that state socialism is socialism, but we should also expose its true face and fight against it resolutely."

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