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It’s chilling reading the words of a well spoken mass murderer.
by IanDrake 8y ago
It’s chilling reading the words of a well spoken mass murderer.
- lostlogin 8y agoIt’s well worth reading the books on him by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Stalin was incredibly well read, sleeping little and devouring books at the seminary where he studied, and he carried this on through this life. It’s chilling the way he behaved to relatives of those he killed. Stalin had a creepy way of referring to their deaths as though they were unfortunate events that weren’t arranged by him.
- duxup 8y agoWell, I wonder if he did actually think about it as unfortunate that they weren't around, but also that he did what he thought must be done.... I always got the impression (not sure why) that some of those around him during the revolution thought Stalin was not the brightest.... but apparently that was wrong.
- lostlogin 8y agoI dont know, but he had a weird tendency to talk of Stalin in the 3rd person. It makes a little more sense given that ‘Stalin’ was an assumed name but it makes quotes attributes to him extra disturbing when you notice it.