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To: SES1066

Stalin’s hero was Ivan the Terrible. I think he saw Bolshevism more as a convenient way to gain the kind of power that Ivan had, rather than him being very much an ideological Marxist-Leninist.


55 posted on 05/22/2016 4:13:40 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
I think he saw Bolshevism more as a convenient way to gain the kind of power that Ivan had, rather than him being very much an ideological Marxist-Leninist.

No argument especially since Stalin spent a large amount of time and effort in KILLING the true believers. Trotsky went to Mexico, not far enough!

65 posted on 05/22/2016 4:20:07 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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