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[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee -4 points 3 months ago (7 children)

That was a pretty cool move. Much cooler than the deportation, relocation, and execution of millions of peasants and ethnic minorities.

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 66 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're right, Stalin is a lot cooler than Churchill

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee -4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Or maybe they were both shitty? Recognizing the atrocities that occurred under Stalin's rule doesn't make somebody an apologist for Western leaders, and that certainly wasn't what I was implying.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 49 points 3 months ago

Don't mistake your opinion for everyone's here?

Do you believe in double genocide theory?

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 36 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm psychically sending you images of the Weenis right now.

Note: The Weenis is a dance.

Note 2: Everybody is a genius who knows it in advance.

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Thats my favorite town in burkina faso

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 31 points 3 months ago

Uncritically swallowing every bit of western propaganda demonizing the opponents of those western leaders does, though.

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

Or maybe they were both shitty?

Stalin's government massively improved the living conditions of working-class people, stopped the Holocaust and the Lebensraum (and was the most consistent and early enemy of nazi Germany), and helped anti-colonial movements.
Yeah, nah, I can't call Stalin's government 'shitty'.

Recognizing the atrocities that occurred under Stalin's rule

'Atrocities' such as guaranteed housing, guaranteed access to healthcare, liquidation of illiteracy (all consequences of planned economy, by the way), a massive increase of life expectancy, cessation of famines.

[–] dragongloss@hexbear.net 46 points 3 months ago

That's nazi propaganda, how do you feel about that?

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 44 points 3 months ago

Citations needed

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

executions were inside the party though, or did 'les purges' now intertwined with collectivization and ww2 ethnic deportations in your brain? cause directly deaths cause by stalin are not in millions range, they are around 1.5-2.5 (700k in purges, 800~2000 in deportations in totality (again debatable what is the attribution of ww2 to hard conditions, but sure). famine is very debatable to be caused by one man, deaths in prison never have been attributed to country leaders, or i would like obama death count to be amended by 30k dead prisoners.

leaving aside that, vietnam war killed two millions, people don't clutch their pearls over lbj or jfk fans, how come?

[–] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 30 points 3 months ago

Even total executions included stuff like murder, banditry, SA etc

Not just explicitly "political" crimes like treason etc

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 39 points 3 months ago

Buddy, you could make a compelling case not to deify Stalin if you stuck to the facts. Deportations happened. Executions of millions of peasants is hilariously made up.

[–] WideningGyro@hexbear.net 34 points 3 months ago

Yo can you just tell me what page of the Black Book? Just want to check your sources real quick

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago

Much cooler than the deportation, relocation, and execution of millions of peasants and ethnic minorities.

Correct, it is much cooler than the deportation, relocation, and execution of millions that your empire has been committing.