>>The guy, like a serial killer, was completely emotionally unmoved and undeterred by any obstacle or opinion of anyone. Go big or go home. No doubt not-Stalin

>>The guy, like a serial killer, was completely emotionally unmoved and undeterred by any obstacle or opinion of anyone. Go big or go home. No doubt not-Stalins were kind and caring and preached Marxism (as they understood it) but they didn't make it that far. Stalins survived. (Survivor bias) Radical changes can be done only via brutal force. You're talking about property confiscations, massive killings, jailing etc etc. Now that's a shock: "I have a person here who states she's Stalin's daughter, and we believe she's genuine; unless you instruct me to the contrary, I’m putting her on the one a.m. plane for Rome where we can stop and think the thing through. I’m not giving her any commitment that she can come to the States. I’m only enabling her to leave India, and we will see her to some part of the world—the U.S. or somewhere else—where she can settle in peace. If you disagree with this, let me know before midnight." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Alliluyeva#Political_asylum_and_later_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Alliluyeva#Political_...