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Stalin would be too busy either being a chad and doing crimes, or running the USSR to be around much.
he would rope you into hard drinking on nights when that would not be wise
So I'd have a reliable drinking buddy? Sounds good!
I had a roommate once who was in black bloc and our apartment got raided by cops "looking for evidence" a few times. They warned us by letter that it could happen beforehand.
I also lived with an El Salvadorian ex-guerilla/ex-politician and while he cooked food he was cranky constantly and he said he viewed me as his son, which I didn't need.
In short: mixed bag