Germany (1930) and Russia (1917) both rejected liberalism because the people of their countries were in such desperate need, they needed a quick solution.
Germany in 1923 was in ruins and the government stopped paying their debt. The economy was crashing and Hitler took advantage of the panicked economy. All his promises sounded wonderful and he could take care of all Germanys problems at the time. So they took the easy way out instead of embracing liberalism which would make their economy stronger and more independent in the long run they turned to Hitler.
Like in Germany, Russia’s economy was in the middle of an industrial revolution. The economy was in a panic and when Lenin came into politics and gave many promises the economy jumped at whatever he said because it all sounded better then what was going on at their present time.
Liberalism was rejected because when the economy is crashing and people are in a panic they usually jump to the quickest solution and to anything that sounds more promising.
