• aleph@lemm.ee
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    He is also quoted as saying

    Death solves all problems. No man, no problem.

    True, Stalin was a more nuanced character that he is usually given credit for but he was still a paranoid and brutal man who was responsible for the deaths of a lot of innocent people.

    Let’s not fall into the trap of either lionizing or demonizing historical figures.

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      He is also quoted as saying [blahblahblahbollocksbollocksbollocks]

      No he isn’t. Maybe you should actually verify instead of spreading complete and utter bullshit with such confidence?

      Let’s not fall into the trap of either lionizing or demonizing historical figures.

      Yet here we are, with you attempting to demonise a historic figure by spreading bullshit.

      responsible for the deaths of a lot of innocent people.

      Every single US president in world history is too. Every single supporter of capitalism is responsible for 100million deaths every 5 years, what’s your point? You’re making an emotional attempt to demonise in one breath while pretending otherwise in the next.

      You’re full of shit mate.

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        If you read my comment properly, I specifically said “he is quoted as saying …”, which is undeniably true.

        Yet here we are, with you attempting to demonise a historic figure by spreading bullshit.

        Saying that that Stalin was a brutal and paranoid man, amongst other things is a historically accurate statement.

        If you think I’m promoting the standard, one dimensionals view that Stalin was evil incarnate, then you have completely failed to understand my point.

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          If you read my comment properly, I specifically said “he is quoted as saying …”, which is undeniably true.

          Oh fuck off. Weasel words. How fucking slimey are you?

          Saying that that Stalin was a brutal and paranoid man, amongst other things is a historically accurate statement.

          Stalin was a soft kind grandpa compared to Lenin.

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          If you read my comment properly, I specifically said “he is quoted as saying …”, which is undeniably true.

          Source where? I always have big doubt when someone claims very confidently something is undeniably true.

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      Don’t you find it a little strange that this short bit of quote is so often repeated but we never hear the context for it?

      When you hear it out of context it sounds callous and cruel, but it would be a very different statement if (for example) he said it in response to finding out Hitler killed himself or that some enemy had died of cancer or something.

      And that’s not even taking into account the fact that it’s inherently very suspicious that nobody seems to be able to produce a source for the original context and attribution of the quote.

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        Whether the quote is aprocyphal or not, it seems fitting because of the way Stalin dealt with political opponents. The list of early Bolsheviks were rounded up and shot during Stalin’s purges is quite lengthy.

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            whether it’s true doesn’t matter because it fits my opinion of him the historical facts.

            FTFY

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              No investigation, no right to speak. If you don’t even have evidence he said it you’re just working backwards to justify your conclusion, which is what every westerner is taught. If you don’t have an actual source to cite don’t be arrogant and just accept that you made a mistake.

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                you’re just working backwards to justify your conclusion

                And anyone who denies that the preponderance of evidence shows that Stalin was capable of considerable ruthlessness and brutality towards his own people is guilty of the same.

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                  I’m not denying that at all. Ruthlessness and brutality are some editorialized words, but fair enough to describe the attitude the early Soviet Union had to assume to stomp out opportunists and reactionaries. Every single actually existing, surviving socialist state had to do something similar. The ones who didn’t, like Allende and Arbenz, were swiftly dealt with by the reactionaries they treated with mercy which was not paid back.

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                    Every single actually existing state had to as well. Capitalists killed the monarchists and the competing monarchs killed each other.

                    Liberals literally think violence only happens when it’s not “their” police or soldiers killing people