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Mason Pelt · 5w
I have at this point mainlined nearly every notable English language biography of Stalin from J. T. Murphy up to Ronald Grigor Suny. ​Stalin is kind of the opposite of the competence porn genre. Ev...
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Why did Stalin think Hitler would not invade? Because Hitler would not do that.

​Why did Stalin think seed grain would not be needed to feed people next year? New developments in agriculture.

​Why did Leon Trotsky have to be assassinated in Mexico? That was just vengeance, and fear, but still.
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Mason Pelt · 5w
Also basically everything Stalin wrote was in this obnoxious question and answer format scene above. I've read so much of his works, and... Well; Was Stalin a good writer? No, Stalin was not a good writer, at least not of proes and of after translation.