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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemind me again, why would a MAGA claim that Putin admires and is mimicking Stalin?
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Remind me again, why would a MAGA claim that Putin admires and is mimicking Stalin? (Original Post)
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2022
OP
As I understand it, Putin is a born and raised communist. Member of the KGB...
Thomas Hurt
Mar 2022
#1
I think Putin is beginning to realize that Stalin was successful because he didn't
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2022
#4
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. As I understand it, Putin is a born and raised communist. Member of the KGB...
and was, according to some journalists, majorly pissed when the USSR fell. He was a true believer in the party.
iemanja
(53,010 posts)3. He believed in what he sees as the strength of the Soviet Union
I don't think he cares about communism as an ideology.
czarjak
(11,253 posts)6. You! Are correct, sir. Putin-Perfect-Patsy played perfectly too.
iemanja
(53,010 posts)2. It's true
Putin admires Stalin. And a lot of Russians admire Stalin too, incredible as that sounds. They see him as strong, particularly compared to Yeltsin, so back in those days Stalin started to rise in popularity.
Baitball Blogger
(46,676 posts)4. I think Putin is beginning to realize that Stalin was successful because he didn't
have to worry about social media.
czarjak
(11,253 posts)8. Reinforced justification for Nationalism works that way.
MontanaMama
(23,294 posts)5. MAGA is as stupid
as stupid can be.
Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)7. Stalin killed lots of Ukrainians.
czarjak
(11,253 posts)9. Deep. States. Be. Deep.