{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Unlearning Marx: Why the Soviet Failure was a Triumph for Marx w\/ Steve Paxton","description":"&amp;nbsp;    Steve Paxton, joins the show to discuss his book, &quot;Unlearning Marx: Why the Soviet Failure was a Triumph for Marx&quot;. The book focuses on Marx's theory of history and how Marx foresaw the unsustainability of a successful socialist revolution in the Soviet Union decades before it formed. &amp;nbsp;   Some of what we talk about in this episode includes understanding what conservatives and socialists have to &quot;unlearn&quot; about Marx, we dissect and debunk popular anti-socialist critiques such as &quot;Socialism Always Fails&quot; and &quot;Communism killed 100 million people&quot; and we review the history of the Soviet Union through the lens of Marx's theory of history which reveals an ironic outcome!  &amp;nbsp;   More info regarding our discussion can be found on the patreon posting of this episode: (COMING SOON) ","author_name":"Actually Existing Socialism","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/aesthepodcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24428697\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/24428697"}