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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My goodness, what nonsense...

It devolved into authoritarianism because Stalin - an authoritarian brute - took over. Lenin even stated in his diaries that Stalin taking over "would be a catastrophe".

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It devolved into autherianism as soon as bolsheviks took over, and that was right at the beginning. Stalin was a catastrophe because he was more wicked than the rest of them, but it doesn't mean that whatever Lenin was doing wasn't authoritarian project.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    So, now you're saying that they never actually tried communism, because it was authoritarianism from the get go?

    I mean, I appreciate the correction, but it only strengthens my point.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    It devolved into it in the first years of tries and failures, which was under Lenin's rule.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    You need to make up your mind. Was it right away, or after some time?

    But, regardless, you're still proving my point - the people who attempted "communism" where autocrats who wanted power more than they wanted communism. And my second point that those who are good at leading a revolution and putting the existing system to the torch are not necessarily great at building something in peace.

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