"people get killed in the process because they no longer fit"
actually the old property owners in the ussr got off very light, until they burned crops and salted land worsening a natural famine until it became one of the worst in history. (They did this because stalin wouldn't let them hoard grain to make money off of starving cities paying a premium.)
I wasn't there I'm a bit biased from the stories of Ayn Rand that I've payed minor attention to, I'm not well acquainted with why and what the reasons and the happenings were around Soviet Russia.
even today, in capitalist russia, stalin is considered one of the best leaders in history. Even after major reforms, 80% of people voted to keep russia communist, only the rich had gotten a foothold. (but capitalism is freedom right?)That's what happens when you try to be nice to them, they come back and destroy the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
ayn rand and non-violence?
Here is a nice book showing how capitalism will always lead to imperialism, with historical data.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/
oh and here is some nice reading about the USSR
http://writetorebel.com/2016/12/16/popular-support-for-the-soviet-union/
http://writetorebel.com/2016/11/25/the-successes-of-socialism-in-the-ussr/
http://writetorebel.com/2016/11/13/socialism-and-democracy-in-the-ussr/