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.
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.