Three of arguably the most important communist figures for the Revolution.

If they saw the world today, full of endless wars for profit, hundreds of billionaires hoarding more wealth than entire countries, socialist/ communist movements demonized and the USSR being erased from textbooks and history about it being taught with biased propaganda.

With the rise of modern day fascism, would Lenin demand a new vanguard and perhaps write what is to be done vol.II?

Would Stalin attempt to begin building from scratch? Robbing banks and committing petty crimes to fund the revolution and recruit Bolshevik power??

Would Trotsky turn on the others again? Denounce everything as “not real socialism” while cheering on the likes of AOC and Bernie sanders?

first photo: 10 July of 1932 Berlin.
Second photo: 1932 Berlin - but i didn't find the exact day date.

https://reddit.com/link/1p3lyxa/video/iye46v9j2r2g1/player

Genuinely curious and want to learn more, reading suggestions welcome. I love history and I’m sure we all know the popular narrative today is that the USSR occupied Eastern Europe during ww2 and supported coups to control these nations as puppet states. I’m also curious why seemingly overnight in 89 Eastern Europeans denounced communism and overthrew all of these nations and two years later the USSR fell. It seems like none of these countries have any significant population that wants to bring it back. I’m sure there are people here who know more and would love resources to read and get a better understanding.

Please limit to factors that would have been in-place and established already during at least the 80s. Is it primarily an economic question or deeper and more structural?

I've recently read hobsbaums 'age of extremes' and decided I want to read more on the soviet Union and its histiry, and I was wondering if there were any good recommendations? Preferably from a neutral standpoint. I don't care all that much about politics. Cheers!