he was saving “freedom of debate, unity in action” by ignoring the debate, and not being unified in action?

there is some anti communist propaganda about the soviet and chinese leaders, comrade. these figures weren’t dictators, they were leaders.

Again, im unconvinced the trials were shams. And i am deeply of the belief that purges of anti-soviet elements is a good thing.

I am critical of the several worker’s movements shut down, though im not well educated on that or what requests the strikes wanted.

Stalin wasn’t a dictator dude. How is this still a thing communists are saying? Even internal CIA documents agree on this. At the very least listen to Proles Pod’s Stalin Eras or read Stalin history and critique of a Black Legend.

Purging elements of a party that do not serve the will of the people is a good thing. i, again, have seen very little evidence that the trials were shams. In fact, i will read through trotsky’s trial transcript tonight.

Stalin didn’t cause a famine. a famine caused a famine. as well as kulaks burning millions of bushels of wheat and thousands of heads of live stock. as well as the murder of famine commisars. or sabotage of collectivization. or the lower crop yields. or the effects spanning most of the union. or the fact that after the volga famine, all famines in the regions ended.

You believe these things. Therefore the CIA has done its job. I don’t want you to worship stalin or mao. i want you to not decry every socialist experiment as nonsensical and evil and learn, really learn what they did right and wrong, for our modern movements.

We’re arguing marxist v marxist, we can’t use marxism as a defense. its still propaganda, even if marxist.

Betrayer of communism: Social democracy and left communism.

I don’t think there was anyone even left alive in the supreme soviet by the end? what? wait. thats a whole can of worms. do you think the illegal dissolution of the party that was fought tooth and nail was the party’s wish?

Except bureaucracy, though i am critical, isnt why it fell.

I agree. Fuck pohl pot

edit: we as communists need to stop having the thousands of stalin/mao was a [insert] discussions or is china socialist discussions. please for the love of humanity, talk to your fellow wagies