Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoLiberals: “Stalin was a brutal dictator!”lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down137file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkLiberals: “Stalin was a brutal dictator!”lemmy.mlSpectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
Source: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006000360009-0.pdf Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20210422203252/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006000360009-0.pdf
minus-squareandrewth09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoDid anyone think that Stalin’s immediate subordinates were neutral bystanders?
minus-squarefolaht@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoNo, 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.
Did anyone think that Stalin’s immediate subordinates were neutral bystanders?
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.