aport@programming.dev to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoTankie dispels myth of Stalin as evil dictator by proving he was not, in fact, a dictator.programming.devimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1imageTankie dispels myth of Stalin as evil dictator by proving he was not, in fact, a dictator.programming.devaport@programming.dev to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-21 year agooh man i wonder what happened after 1926 and Lenin’s death Stalin was threatening to resign because of Lenin’s Testament, in which Lenin criticised and warned about a schism inside of the party after his death and particularly about Stalin’s corruption as General Secretary. There was a legitimate possibility of the party ousting Stalin and replacing his position with one of their own, however, if Stalin resigns, then he would walk away and still pose a threat, as well as leave uncertainty over who gets his position. After he eliminated his opponents, his resignation threats were a way to test his party’s loyalty.
oh man i wonder what happened after 1926 and Lenin’s death
Stalin was threatening to resign because of Lenin’s Testament, in which Lenin criticised and warned about a schism inside of the party after his death and particularly about Stalin’s corruption as General Secretary. There was a legitimate possibility of the party ousting Stalin and replacing his position with one of their own, however, if Stalin resigns, then he would walk away and still pose a threat, as well as leave uncertainty over who gets his position. After he eliminated his opponents, his resignation threats were a way to test his party’s loyalty.