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Topic	what is your impression of stalin?
andel 08/28/23 4:26:13 PM #17:	TheMikh posted... fascinating figure. struck the perfect balance between marxist-leninist true believer and cold hard political pragmatist, with horrifically catastrophic policy externalities, but arguably keeping the soviet state intact much longer than it otherwise would have lasted. yeah, it easily could have crumbled under a less competent leader during the important formative years. stalin is basically the prototypical dictator. he made plenty of mistakes and had ridiculous levels of paranoia at times, but ultimately was about as competent as possible in establishing the bureaucratic state and setting up the soviet union to be a lasting world imperial power. --- I am thinking about just walking into the river now that Megaupload is gone and condoms are in porn.-Fubonis <cite>andel posted [p:975716458] in what is yo... [t:80549082]...</cite> <quote>TheMikh posted... </cite><quote>fascinating figure. struck the perfect balance between marxist-leninist true believer and cold hard political pragmatist, with horrifically catastrophic policy externalities, but arguably keeping the soviet state intact much longer than it otherwise would have lasted.</quote>yeah, it easily could have crumbled under a less competent leader during the important formative years. stalin is basically the prototypical dictator. he made plenty of mistakes and had ridiculous levels of paranoia at times, but ultimately was about as competent as possible in establishing the bureaucratic state and setting up the soviet union to be a lasting world imperial power. --- I am thinking about just walking into the river now that Megaupload is gone and condoms are in porn.-Fubonis</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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