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He was doing the right things to hold power, not the right things for society.

• AsyncAwait 9y ago
  That is way too simplistic, he did a lot of terrible stuff, but also some good, it is no question that he pulled Russia from 'backwardness' in terms of literacy for example.
  • tptacek 9y ago
    You mean for those Soviets who survived him?
    • AsyncAwait 9y ago
      That's why I said that he did a lot of terrible stuff. I absolutely do not excuse the awful stuff he ordered. That does not mean we should now shut all sense of nuance.
• shub 9y ago
  Well, yeah. Stalin was a monster. He was just good at being a monster.