Impossible? Stalin did it. How he did it is why history matters. Stalinism was a rigorous attempt to implement Marxism. It wasn’t the Revolution Betrayed but the Revolution implemented with unshakeable will.
The social engineering impulse makes it possible to exercise limitless, self-righteous power.
Joseph Stalin: Waiting For Hitler (Part 2)
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https://www.hoover.org/research/why-d… Recorded on January 25, 2018. “If you’re interested in power, [if] you’re interested in how power is accumulated and exercised, and what the consequences are, the subject of Stalin is just unbeli…
https://www.hoover.org/research/why-d… Recorded on January 25, 2018. “If you’re interested in power, [if] you’re interested in how power is accumulated and exercised, and what the consequences are, the subject of Stalin is just unbeli…