Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoLiberals: “Stalin was a brutal dictator!”lemmy.mlimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1-2arrow-down1imageLiberals: “Stalin was a brutal dictator!”lemmy.mlSpectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-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-up1·2 months agoDid anyone think that Stalin’s immediate subordinates were neutral bystanders?
minus-squarefolaht@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months 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.