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[–] star_wraith@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It’s a fair point, though I think this meme is going after a very specific type of person: present day neoconservatives that say they used to be Trotskyites.

I’ve never seen a Trot on this site. I’m probably the closest thing in that “I think Stalin did a lot of good but also a lot of bad, but obviously not anything close to what anti-communists claim. Ultimately he and the party were faced with a multitude of impossible problems and I don’t know if the choices I would have made in his shoes would have been any better”.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

“I think Stalin did a lot of good but also a lot of bad, but obviously not anything close to what anti-communists claim. Ultimately he and the party were faced with a multitude of impossible problems and I don’t know if the choices I would have made in his shoes would have been any better”.

I don't think this is very far off what most ML's believe, that whole "Stalin did nothing wrong" thing is just an internet meme.

Also: Stalin did nothing wrong.