Or if the Soviet Union became less totalitarian.
On multiple levels "Stalin bolshevism" has often been quoted for the rise of fascism and why it was left alone for such a long time - due to hope that it'd help contain Stalinism. Many Nazi German soldiers and other soldiers who joined them truly believed in the "necessity to defend Europe from Stalinist bolshevism".
But would've this been less of a case if Communism was proven more democratic?
Weren't people already scared of Communism back in the 19th century, back in 1919 when Lenin rose to power in St. Petersburg? Wouldn't, then, it be possible to say that Stalin didn't matter in the first place, and regardless of what form the Soviet Union took it would've been feared and hated?
Or is it the case that Stalinism was the "tipping point" for a lot of people with the rise of population removal and political repression?
What's your opinion on the matter?
On multiple levels "Stalin bolshevism" has often been quoted for the rise of fascism and why it was left alone for such a long time - due to hope that it'd help contain Stalinism. Many Nazi German soldiers and other soldiers who joined them truly believed in the "necessity to defend Europe from Stalinist bolshevism".
But would've this been less of a case if Communism was proven more democratic?
Weren't people already scared of Communism back in the 19th century, back in 1919 when Lenin rose to power in St. Petersburg? Wouldn't, then, it be possible to say that Stalin didn't matter in the first place, and regardless of what form the Soviet Union took it would've been feared and hated?
Or is it the case that Stalinism was the "tipping point" for a lot of people with the rise of population removal and political repression?
What's your opinion on the matter?