Was Stalin a dictator?
Was Stalin a dictator?
Zachary Ross
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Tyler Lewis
What a load lol. People that can be removed from office don’t have the authority to next you your name so that the nkvd shoot you in the fucking head that same night. Take your communist rhetoric and be gone. You people will hang like fucking wind chimes in the street when your next attempt at revolution starts.
Cooper Ortiz
Sign next to your name* to have you killed.
Gabriel Mitchell
he was a hero, he killed millions of communists
Ryder Rodriguez
In Stephen Kotkin's three part Stalin biography (only first two published so far), I recall more than 4 times in which Stalin "attempted" to resign. These varied in how far the attempt went, from complaining to advisers to formally submitting his resignation, but ultimately they were dramatic acts, similiar to Bismark's repeated letters of resignation to Kaiser Wilhelm I. Stalin did not seriously intend to resign. These acts in fact were intended to legitimize him in intense periods, an attempt to prompt the politburo to publicly support him and whatever he was doing at the time.
Grayson Perry
A better question is was Hitler a dictator?
Elijah Reed
>He could be removed any time
HAHAHAHAHAAAAA
Hitler was a Chancellor you know?
People could have voted someone else!
AHAHAHAAAA
MY SIDES
Christian Rogers
Eat my balls if you think anyone was thinking “I should publicly vote to oust the supreme ruler of this dystopian nightmare we call a union” then you’re tone deaf and can’t imagine what it’s like for secret police kidnapping/killing to be a real possibility to you and your loved ones
Sebastian Lopez
Also, there were attempts to remove Stalin in the late 20s and early 30s, of varying seriousness. These fizzled largely because, as disliked as Stalin often was, most members of the executive committee believed he was utterly sincere in his socialist convictions and that only he could possibly steer the ship of state
Joshua Howard
Threatening resignation was literally a common trick for dictators. Ivan the terrible did it so that his vassals would give him more power so that he would stay, Hitler did it in order to get more power in the NSDAP, and even Putin has done it before. Stalin didn’t threaten to resign out of goodness, he did it as a barter for more power.
Nathaniel Long
yes clearly, he ruled by complete executive fiat. The USSR had the window dressing of the politburo, elected comittees, votes, etc. The Nazi state did not have this fluffery.
Hitler explicitly ruled by decree
William Lopez
Is OP a faggot?
Andrew Moore
>im >trying< to resign, but the people love me so much I >have< to stay in power for my entire life :^)
Jeremiah Martinez
Yes, this is what I had in mind
Julian Lee
People democratically and collectively voted him over gulag, so no, he wasn't.
Mason Gonzalez
well... OP, this is
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Ayden Allen
lol
He resigned most of the members of the politburo via execution due to insane paranoia and psychopathy. Even knocked off a couple of his best friends when he had his manic attacks. By the end there was no one left that could oppose him, or try to oust him, Stalin would just call them traitors and have them killed one way or another. It was de-facto dictatorship with some voting processes thrown on top as lip service.
Hudson Walker
>imagine believing this.
Chase Brooks
awesome that you cited Ivan the terrible man it's the first thing I wanted to post and to see a britbong know this is kinda surprising and cool
Jaxson Phillips
He was a dictator.
Andrew Johnson
>Was Stalin a dictator?
he was a kike puppet.
Bentley Murphy
Dictator who can be removed from power by voting?
Eli Jones
Stalin was a mad cummunist who killed many people.
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Justin Jones
>Ask to resign
>Committe votes yes
>Collect votes of every committee member that said yes and kill them
>only 1 no vote remains
>Unanimous victory for Stalin