Russell Grinker wrote:
> * Stalingrad was good for the German working class
> because it laid the basis for the reshaping
(division) > of Germany and a 'welfare' state under
the tutelage of > US imperialism?
Yes. And another welfare state under the tutelage of Soviet occupation.
> * Reunification was a defeat - the continuation of
> the division apparently preferable?
Absolutely. Come talk to my East German family about it sometime.
> Does this mean that you regard the continuation of a
> dysfunctional East German Stalinist state -
> originally imposed as part of a deal between Stalin
> and the Allies - as a progressive option?
Your use of the word "Stalinist" to describe the GDR raises real doubts in my mind concerning your interest in a serious discussion.
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