Hey guys, remember that apocryphal Stalin quote, that one designed to make him out as an absolute dictatorial madman?:
"Joseph Stalin" wrote: Turns out what he actually said was: Actual Stalin wrote: Source: Concluding Remarks on the Report on the National Question, Pravda, January 17-18, 1918. So he wasn't really saying 'screw elections, I'll do whatever I please', but that the ruling class determines the outcome of elections, and therefore the interests of the working class can only be truly represented if they are really in charge. ![]() "The thing about capitalism is that it sounds awful on paper and is horrendous in practice. Communism sounds wonderful on paper and when it was put into practice it was done pretty well for what they had to work with." -MiG
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