Eric Hobsbawm
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A prolific and celebrated British Marxist historian of the 19th and 20th centuries, who, after the Soviet collapse, stated that the sacrifices made were inordinate because the experiment failed.
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Bhaskar Sunkara: Socialism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #349
Lex Fridman
Historian whose four books on history from the 1700s to 1994, including 'Age of Extremes,' Bhaskar Sunkara recommends for intellectual curiosity.

Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler | Lex Fridman Podcast #444
Lex Fridman
A prolific and celebrated British Marxist historian of the 19th and 20th centuries, who, after the Soviet collapse, stated that the sacrifices made were inordinate because the experiment failed.