[TigerClaws]

I had an intense debate with a leftist - yes, pointless - that the Soviets had initially sided with Hitler.

Fun how Communists constantly rewrite history so ‘their guy’ - Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, etc. - was always on the ‘right side of history.’

Communists - like Christians - have a belief system that history is advancing to some utopia on Earth (or New Earth) where mankind will leave in peace and harmony. This is a fundamentally Western belief — Eastern religions see history in terms of repeating cycles.

[Leaning Right]

Fun fact: The Soviet Union never referred to Hitler’s gang as “Nazis”. And that’s because Nazi was the German abbreviation for National Socialist German Workers' Party.

The Soviets always called Hitler’s gang “fascists”.

[SunkenCiv]

I had an intense debate with a leftist - yes, pointless - that the Soviets had initially sided with Hitler.

That's diagnostic of being a left winger.