• diegeticscream[all]🔻@lemmygrad.ml
    16·
    10 months ago

    Figure out a way to implement communism without creating a Stalin

    According to the accounts you describe, did the people beg him to stay or something? What prevented his resignation?

    Is there a reason that you’re confident in your knowledge of Stalin, yet unaware of the facts? What is your confidence based on?

    Also, you didn’t answer the question. Is it because you don’t actually know anything about Stalin?

    • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      10 months ago

      No, I know several things about him. He had a very large moustache for instance.

      Perhaps you could educate me on these accounts you are describing? I clearly am unfamiliar with them, otherwise I would not be asking you about them.

      • diegeticscream[all]🔻@lemmygrad.ml
        17·
        10 months ago

        You made the claim, you should back it.

        Or you should acknowledge that you don’t know what you’re talking about.

        Either way works for me. ♥️

        • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          10 months ago

          What claim did I make that I now need to back? That Stalin took over the USSR, or something else?

          Regardless, I can’t help but point out how obviously you are avoiding my single, very reasonable question.

          • diegeticscream[all]🔻@lemmygrad.ml
            14·
            10 months ago

            What claim did I make that I now need to back?

            a Stalin that takes advantage of the situation to seize power.

            You don’t get to duck my question by asking a question.

              • diegeticscream[all]🔻@lemmygrad.ml
                14·
                10 months ago

                You quoted part of a sentence. That was part of a question. Questions and claims are not the same things.

                It was not a question. This is the full quote of your original claim:

                Figure out a way to implement communism without creating a Stalin that takes advantage of the situation to seize power, and we can talk.

                Your implications are:

                • that Stalin was bad.
                • that Stalin wrongly “seized power”.
                • that Stalin wrongly held onto power.

                I asked: “If Stalin was so intent on seizing power, why’d he try to resign so much?”. I think that neutralizes all three of your implied claims.

                You have not answered.

                • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  3·
                  10 months ago

                  I actually have addressed that one with other commentators, if you check out the rest of this thread.

                  • diegeticscream[all]🔻@lemmygrad.ml
                    13·
                    10 months ago

                    I don’t agree that you have.

                    I’ve seen you make unsupported speculations as to what caused him to resign, and why those resignations were refused.

                    It’s ok to admit that you don’t know what you’re talking about.