s ▁revealed ▁of ▁human ▁possibilities ▁is ▁not ▁about ▁to ▁be ▁accomplished ▁in ▁the ▁modern ▁world ." ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁Marc use ' s ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁differ ed ▁from ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Marx ist ▁writer ▁Isaac ▁Deutsch er , ▁and ▁described ▁his ▁" r ather ▁ble ak " ▁conclus ions ▁as ▁contrast ing ▁with ▁his ▁previous ▁work ▁E ros ▁and ▁Civil ization ▁( 1 9 5 5 ). ▁ ▁T abor sky ▁argued ▁that ▁Marc use ▁was ▁mistaken ▁on ▁several ▁important ▁matters ▁related ▁to ▁Soviet ▁commun ism ▁and ▁had ▁adopted ▁question able ▁conclus ions , ▁such ▁as ▁that ▁faith ▁in ▁the ▁rational ity ▁of ▁Soviet ▁ind o ctr ination ▁was ▁" a ▁decis ive ▁element ▁in ▁the ▁popular ▁strength ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁regime ", ▁that ▁Commun ist ▁parties ▁independent ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁and ▁perhaps ▁even ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁itself ▁might ▁develop ▁into ▁social ▁dem ocr atic ▁parties , ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁find ▁Soviet ▁moral ▁ideas ▁that ▁are ▁not ▁common ▁to ▁western ▁eth ics . ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁these ▁mistakes ▁were ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁Marc use ' s ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁" over - rid ing ▁rational ity " ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁system ▁and ▁similar ▁bi ases ▁and ▁accused ▁him ▁of ▁suggesting ▁that ▁the ▁total itar ian ▁nature ▁of ▁Soviet ▁commun ism ▁was ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁" ex istence ▁of ▁a ▁compet itive ▁Western ▁society ". ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁Books ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁J ourn als ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 5 8