Statement I: Karl Marx would have approved of the form communism took in the former Soviet Union.
Statement II: The two largest communist countries,China and the former Soviet Union,turned their backs on communism and became largely capitalist economies.

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Statement I is false. Karl Marx wrote in the Communist Manifesto that communism could only be achieved through a proletarian revolution followed by the establishment of a classless society. The Soviet Union did not achieve this; it was established through a revolution led by intellectuals and soldiers, and it maintained a powerful bureaucratic class. 
Statement II is true. Both China and the former Soviet Union have adopted capitalist economic systems, with varying degrees of state control. This is a clear rejection of communism, which calls for the abolition of private property and the means of production being collectively owned by the people.

Statement I: Karl Marx Would Have Approved of the Form