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They couldn't believe that anyone could be as evil as Joseph Stalin.
他們不信還有誰能邪惡過約瑟夫·斯大林
Sadly, they were wrong.
真悲傷，他們錯了
Three. Forget about principle.
三，忘掉原則
Lenin and his minions found out that inventing a government out of scratch was not very easy.
列寧和他的手下發現，從頭開始創建一種政府并非易事
The new Soviet government veered between war communism, which basically consisted of grabbing whatever wasn't tied down,
新生的蘇維埃政府由戰時共產主義突然掉頭轉向新經濟政策，前者基本上是在搶走一切剩余的東西
and the New Economic Policy which was just guised-up capitalism or maybe capitalism-light.
而后者不過是掩飾下的資本主義或者程度輕一點的資本主義
The Soviet Union also needed Western help in rebuilding its heavy industry.
蘇聯也需要來自西方的幫助來重建它的重工業
Strangely, the most friendly country to the Soviet Union in its early years was Weimar Germany.
奇怪的是，在早期對蘇聯最友善的國家是魏瑪德國
In return for German help with military technology
為了回報德國在軍事技術上的幫助，
the Soviets allowed Germany to train troops, test new weapons and engage in war games on their land,
蘇維埃允許德國在俄國的土地上，甚至是在凡爾賽條約中明文禁止的區域訓練軍隊，
all on Russian soil and all specifically forbidden by the treaty of Versailles.
測試新型武器，參與到戰爭中去
Four. Workers of the World United or not.
四，全世界的工人聯合得起來嗎?
The world revolution preached by Marx turned out to be a big bust.
馬克思宣揚的世界革命最后成了一場失敗
German revolution failed, as did the short-lived Hungarian-Soviet republic.
德國革命失敗了，同樣的還有短暫存活過的匈牙利蘇維埃共和國
