ManusJustus said:
Stalin was a one man dictatorship. Stalin killed tens of thousands of Communists he saw as threatening, both friends and enemies (including many of top military officers) and had all of the Soviet Union fearful to speak out against him. Even once big political time players, like Leon Trotsky, were forced out of Russia and later killed because he disagreed with Stalin. So calling Stalin Russia anything but a totalitarian, one-man dictatorship is inaccurate. During the Russian Revolution up until Stalin, and afterwards from Krushchev to Gorbechov, Russia was a 'dictatorship of the proletariat' or more accurately the ten percent of the population that were Communist Party members who participated in the political process. An example of this more open political system being Kruschev, who rose to power but was later forced out when the Communist Party viewed him as too liberal. No one would even think about forcing Stalin out of power. |
Lenin didn't kill those he perceived as his enemies? Lenin had a death toll of like 4-8 million for political reasons.
Besides that, your second part actually supports my initial point that the commonly held suggestion that there never were any communist leaders was in fact false.
You are generally agreeing with me on the topic despite your opposal of Stalin.
Additionally, Stalin rose to power through the created and accepted chain of command and way of doing it. Though he did play some dirty politics to get there... at the start of his reign he was no more disliked then Lenin... and unlike say... Hitlers rise, he didn't do anything different after he was elected then Lenin did.
He was put into power by the accepted channels, and therefore was part of the same government. Like I said though... this should go into PMs.
