• Bipta@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        As long as you’re not literally the worst you kind of get a pass in human culture.

        • yata@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          That’s hyperbole. Stalin got a pass back then strictly out of necessity in the ongoing war against the Axis powers. However that didn’t mean people thought he was a good guy then, and neither does anyone but tankies nowadays either.

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          1 year ago

          Except Stalin killed and oppressed more people than Hitler, he just hid it better and was on our side for a bit.