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  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.workstoMemes@lemmy.mlVote!
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    1 month ago

    Those are all Stalin’s public statements. It looks good to downplay your cult. But he still undoubtedly had one.

    Lennan for example seemed to pretty strongly oppose a cult of personality forming around him. But Stallin didn’t, just some humble public statements.









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    1 month ago

    USSR and PRC had really bad checks and balances since they let dictators consolidate power and form cults of personality. You really think those are good examples of your point? Have you read entirely different histories than I have? Which books do you recommend then?


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    You have suggestions for books? I’m not going to be able to read more than a couple of pages in the middle of this conversation, but maybe after we’re done?

    My point is I don’t think you should be advocating starting revolution till that opinion is close to a majority.





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    Could you point me to secularly resources I should read on these revolutions?

    But if you’re taking about the pressure voters put on elected officials, I’m all for it. But I’d hardly call that a revolution. That’s just how the system is designed to work.