From the early to the late Marx, he remained a philosopher of human freedom. Marx envisioned freedom for all, not merely for the bourgeois, but for peasant as well. Marx strove to make individuals aware of their position in society, and to make the idea of emancipation sound like a possible means to a harmonious society.
             For Marx, to truly be free, one must understand the realization of freedom and morality. But he does not see these as fulfilled in the modern state. Social contradictions and class antagonism produced by capitalistic production methods must be overcome to be free. In order to accomplish freedom and morality, the socially repressed and deprived must revolt against capitalistic production conditions. The goal of this revolutionary revolt is human freedom beyond the limits of mere peasant; Marx desires a solid and humane society of free individuals. Marx is fully aware of the fact that the economy is not determined, and that in principle, it can be over come by revolution and the solid action of individuals. While Marxism promoted freedom for all individuals, with everyone working together for the good of the country, Stalin sought to elevate himself to supreme ruler.
             Impermissible and foreign to the spirit of Marxism/Leninism is the idea of transforming a single person into a superman possessing characteristics similar to those of a god. Stalin saw himself, and others saw him in this way: as a man who supposedly knows everything, sees everything, thinks for everyone, and is infallible in his behavior. During the Revolution, Lenin's modesty is seen. He stressed the role of the people as the creators of history (how Marxian of him), and the role of Communism as a living and unified organism. Lenin's beliefs were clearly very similar to those of Marx, and on the opposite pole from those of Stalin.
             Stalin's leadership created a society where the Soviet citizens were very oppressed. H...