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What's your favorite work of Stalin's? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've got a soft spot for "Dialectical and Historical Materialism" (though I can't claim I understand it all), but I remember liking the letter where he admonishes a comrade for calling themself a "Stalinist". I wish I could remember which one that was!

I like his writing style, and the way he lays his points out. There's still a lot in the archive for me to read!

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[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"No investigation, no right to speak".

If you think so poorly of Stalin, why haven't you engaged with his work to prove yourself right? He wrote quite a lot. It should be easy to test your hypothesis about who he was.

[–] kujaw@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I base on history agreed by historians all over the world. Simple as that. If you want to counter it, please go ahead, make discoveries and investigations.