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man in the red suit
13th June 2002, 00:32
In historty class, I'm sure you all have come across the study of chinese philosophies (daoism, confuscism, budhism, etc...etc...) during some point in time. Now what I wanna know is whether you think it relates to Stalinism or not?

as you may or may not know. Legalism is the philosophy that all people are greedy and untrustworthy and that strict punishments must be administered to maintain order. sound familiar? sounds a bit like Stalinism to me.

what do you think about this. Is there something in stalinism that is different than this? I wonder if Stalin got his ideas from Legalism.