Liberals: “Stalin was a brutal dictator!” (lemmy.ml)

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Source: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006000360009-0.pdf

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[-] andrewth09@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Did anyone think that Stalin's immediate subordinates were neutral bystanders?

[-] folaht@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

No, they were thought to be oppressed yes-men, forced to keep clapping for their supreme leader because whoever stopped clapping first would be taken to the gulags.

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