[lbo-talk] Stalin, democrat

Michael Hoover hooverm at scc-fl.edu
Tue Dec 6 15:53:26 PST 2005


who cares if stalin was or was not a democrat, that party is way overrated, how can one ignore greatness of guy who rose from son of a shoemaker to cp general secretary, recall his voluminous writing, fusing of marxist class

struggle with appeal to russian nationalism, a stroke of genius, and not only a great theoretician, but a masterful politician as well, combining need to resist capitalist encirclement and eliminate kulak class with drive for industrialization and collectivization, put theory and practice together, voila, monolithic command-administrative system sustained by terror and cult of personality, apparently sense of humor to boot, what's not to like...

towards a happy go lucky stalinism... mh

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