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minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year ago“The Western idea of a dictator within the Communist setup is exaggerated.” — The CIA (https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006000360009-0.pdf)
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd you think that describes the Soviets and isnt just a statement about the red scare?
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe document linked specifically is talking about the Soviet system and Stalin.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoYeah, after the death of Stalin.
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year ago“Even in Stalin’s time there was collective leadership.” It’s like the first sentence of the document dude.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoCongrats you made the argument that it was an Oligarchy.
“The Western idea of a dictator within the Communist setup is exaggerated.”
— The CIA
(https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006000360009-0.pdf)
And you think that describes the Soviets and isnt just a statement about the red scare?
The document linked specifically is talking about the Soviet system and Stalin.
Yeah, after the death of Stalin.
“Even in Stalin’s time there was collective leadership.”
It’s like the first sentence of the document dude.
Congrats you made the argument that it was an Oligarchy.