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My dad called me one last week. I told him I'm not even a communist, just a moderate social democrat who likes Soviet symbols for the shock value. (Not true, I'm a Marxist-Leninist, but gotta keep the peace with family, IYKYK.) But now I'm wondering, is "Stalinism" even a thing? Are any of you bears "Stalinists"?

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[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, in that context, that Stalinism is just anti revisionism, and knowing that I've called myself a Hoxhaist as a bit before (as part of jokes about bunkers, because I live in a basement), I guess I am a Stalinist and the guy wasn't wrong.

(Not that I actually know what Hoxhaism is. Lol. I just think the bunkers are a good bit.)