Was he a power hungry dictator? Was he a righteous man spreading

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>>451602
Waged a war of justice against Hitler and the archaic ideas of fascism.

I think Trotsky should get more of the fame, however.

>>451611
>Fascism
>Archaic
Okay peasant.

>be imperialistic
>deny imperialistic nature in presentation
>man of the people style bullshit
>served as the model for the worst dictatorships in Asia
>murders millions
>can't even look cool or live by an ideology that isn't naive while doing it
>territories riddled with dissent and failure after his death
pretty shitty desu

>>451611
>Stalin
>justice
Pick one.

>>451672
What it's justice?

>>451602
trotskyism>leninism

He's the reason no one knows what communism and socialism mean.

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>>451655
>>451672
There was an identical thread about Napoleon. I merely mirrored the first reply to that thread.

>>451688
I see it now, kind of a stretch desu, but made me grin

>>451686
At least we learned that dictatorships and totalitarian philosophical frameworks are pretty bad regardless, and that the idea of a proletarian dictatorship is defective, right?

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>>451710
If anything, Stalin proved that totalitarianism works great. The USSR had huge development under him, and reached its height, and then it progressively got weaker as Stalin's successor liberalized the country, and then it finally collapsed when Gorbatchev attempted his reforms.

>>451710
yeah

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>>451724

>>451724
If you're going to measure their success in capitalist terms, then what's even the point?

Was a paranoid incompetent, and claims that he was responsible for the industrialization of Russia are just false. I also feel that claiming he was actually sociopathic is just a way to explain away how much of a shit person he actually was

t. Communist

>>451735
How is production a "capitalist term"? You realize that people were producing things way before capitalism, right?

>>451741
Because, your meme chart aside, capitalism is superior in that regard

>>451754
It depends. When properly applied, such as under Stalin, socialism is actually more efficient at increasing production.

>>451765
I believe in centralization and intervention during early phases of industrialization, as opposed to laissez-faire, but I don't see any specific connection to socialism

>>451602
Literally as bad as Hitler.

Yep.

>>451602
If he wanted to spread communist ideals, he would not stop after the Germany.

>>451602

>Was he a power hungry dictator?

I guess, but he wasn't motivated by pure greed. He was the kind of guy that saw increasing his own power and Soviet national interests as one and the same.

>>451655

Yeah, let's take a monarch and replace him with some bureaucrats. What a fresh and hip idea.

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>>451602
>What is your opinion on Stalin?

He was an idealist that tried his hardest to achieve an idea, but met fierce resistance by other world leaders, and the harsh realities of after war depression and poverty, and being russian. Faced with them he realized his task was impossible, so he began a campaign of damage control until the environment is more suited for the progress he wanted. I imagine at some point he became paranoid, and this drove his actions further.

tl;dr good intentions, harsh reality, more inability to do what he wanted than being evil

>>452053
Why to people keep referring to Stalin as "paranoid"? He had every reason to be.

>>451664
>russia is shit
>russian leaders rule by murdering thousands
>communism comes
>russia remains shit
>russian leaders still rule by murdering thousands, this number multiplied by the modern technology

I hate when people point out to the murders as if thats a commie thing. No, thats a russian thing, and a chinese thing. More an asian thing really, and hasnt to do with communism.
The socialist government in the UK didnt do any of that shit, up to the point that people ignore their nationalization of industry and pretend they werent commies at all.

>>452057
Having every reason to be paranoid doesnt mean you werent paranoid. It only justifies your paranoia.