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minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days 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-up0·6 days agoAnd you think that describes the Soviets and isnt just a statement about the red scare?
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoThe document linked specifically is talking about the Soviet system and Stalin.
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days ago“Even in Stalin’s time there was collective leadership.” It’s like the first sentence of the document dude.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days 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.