PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhen your oppressive oligarchy manages to discredit a perfectly serviceable economic ideology for literal generationslemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down18
arrow-up152arrow-down1imageWhen your oppressive oligarchy manages to discredit a perfectly serviceable economic ideology for literal generationslemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoIgnoring elections, banning opposition parties and turning the guns on striking workers all happened under Lenin. Stalin was worse but Lenin doesn’t get off the hook by a long shot.
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAnd all of that ignores the mass executions directed by Lenin during the Red Terror.
I blame Stalin.
Ignoring elections, banning opposition parties and turning the guns on striking workers all happened under Lenin. Stalin was worse but Lenin doesn’t get off the hook by a long shot.
And all of that ignores the mass executions directed by Lenin during the Red Terror.
I blame Brezhnev too.
Don’t forget Khrushchev.