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relationships which would result from that position are entirely
justifiable.
Possible Non-Communist Objectives
On the other hand, an opposite school of thought interprets
apparent deviations of Soviet Russia from true Marxist philosophy, not
as merely temporary strategems designed to delude the opposition and
to facilitate the ultimate attainment of the Communist, but rather as
signs of a grádual abandonment of certain aspects of Communist phil-
osophy. If this line of thought is correct, it suggests a possible
escape from the inevitability of conflict between Russia and the
United States that would result from a belief in Russia's adherence
to strict Communist philosophy. It would not seem wise to place much
reliance upon this interpretation. Stalin has convincingly disproved
it in his writings.
A third approach which is held by certain students of govern-
ment and which is in reality a possible explanation of the second
point of view, just discussed, is that Stalin is an apostate Marxist
in the sense that, while for the true Marxist, Marxism is an end in
itself, for Stalin Marxism is merely a means to a different end,
namely, the creation of a. powerful Russian State and the maintenance of
the power of Stalin himself in that State.
It is clear that the outstanding actions of Russia in
recent years can be explained under any of the above three theories
and therefore the theory that one chooses to accept is largely 8. matter
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