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The attempted rehabilitation of Stalin's image is very disturbing.
Indeed. It's not necessary either. We can move on with Stalin's image as the socialist anti-Christ as is and continue building the workers movement all the same. We don't need him. But some act like it's a great betrayal of the movement to not view Stalin as a great revolutionary that advanced the revolution forward like a champ.
Could not agree more. And frankly, refusing to acknowledge the past failures of leftist movements is a form of self sabotage. How will we avoid such pitfalls in the future if we can't honestly reckon with them?
Exactly.
Way too many communists glaze Stalin and I'm not even talking about the "tankies" either.
Anything bad is always Western Propaganda....
You are correct. In all of my time being Communist I've only come across one circle of Comrades that praised Stalin. They went on to become Red Guards Austin. Listen to what someone says and believe them is what I learned. We can let the past be its honest self and move forward all the same. Otherwise, if we make excuses and attempt to clean peoples images we're doomed to repeat the same mistakes. It's also not about serving leaders, it's about serving people.
Indeed.
I've been finding it hard to find some groups (even local communities) that don't sway either too liberal or too much of "Stalin enjoyers"
"read more theory to understand why stupidity and cruelty are good when committed by people who happened to be in the government of this country"
Happens everywhere, in every organization
Add a sprinkle of "if they were against the party they deserved to be murdered....'