Stalin stopped the USSR from going the way of Cambodia. Churchill destroyed his own country rather than accept peace. Mao was a murderous lunatic but his worst crimes were when he had to unleash uncontrollable forces to survive. Reasonable case for Churchill or Mao.
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"Stalin stopped the USSR from going the way of Cambodia." - you've missed classes on Soviet history.
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I don't think I've ever seen anyone give Stalin so much credit
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Once you've had a Bolshevik revolution the best you can hope for is a Stalin. Purging the true believer communists is a benefit.
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A lot of communists who have committed war crimes against Russian people were executed - that is a good part of purges. On the other hand, tens of millions of good folks suffered for nothing.
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Agree on both. The thing is once you've had a Bolshevik revolution there's no way out without massive bloodshed. He can't declare himself Tsar - he'd be dead immediately. He can't stop the bloodshed quickly - he'd be killed as a counter-revolutionary.
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