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I'm aware of the good Stalin did and he did do a lot of good for the people. That being said, we are also able to do better and learn from what did not work. We have a lot of opportunities to do good and it will require flexibility and trial and error.
Edit: For clarity, I meant "Stalinist" colloquially (rigidly authoritarian and anti-critique) rather than a statement about ML ideology specifically. "Tankie" has been generalised for a while based on that event, and the newest wave of "tankie" usage is something else entirely and rather ill defined.
highly recommend Stalin a History and Critique of a Black Legend
Neat, will add it to the pile. :)
A link for others who would like it too:
https://thecharnelhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Domenico-Losurdo-Stalin-History-and-Critique-of-a-Black-Legend.pdf
Looks interesting. I got a few to go through first, but eventually it'll get there lol.