What was the ideologies of the communism under Stalin’s regime?

Question by JUANNA C: What was the mindset, and ideologies of the communist under Stalin’s regime?
“Local officials… were not necessarily ideologues, or true believers… yet the Communist ideology and the mindset the went with it pervaded the world of officialdom, underlying and shaping attitudes and humanr relations….” The Unknown Gulag by Lynne Viola

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Answer by John B
The communist system was a system that everyone had to buy into, and unfortunately even then it didn’t work. Local officials had to do their part ot keep the system moving, and under Stalin, if they didn’t they’d end up dead or sent to a gulag.

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