Balint Vazsonyi

In the following viewpoint, Balint Vazsonyi argues that all forms of socialism are destructive. According to Vazsonyi, there has been a trend to sympathize with the extremist leader Joseph Stalin by making a false distinction between his brand of Soviet socialism and German Nazism. In fact, Vazsonyi contends, both the German and Soviet systems were socialistic, and both led to the torture and murder of millions of people. Balint Vazsonyi is director of the Center for the American Founding, an organization that advocates protection of individual rights.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What is communism, according to Vazsonyi?
2. According to the author, why did Stalin refer to the Nazis as “fascists"”
3. In the author’s opinion, why did the Red Army help defeat the Third Reich"

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