According to my in-law Beria was of course a monster but he had better policy ideas than Khrushchev. I was genuinely dumbstruck. Not everyday you hear a pro-Beria argument.
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Anyways, the argument was that Beria was a pro-market reformer. Like I said, I was dumbstruck.
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What I'm learning from my TL is that there is actually a school of thought that argues Beria (rapist of children & architect of the terror) was a pro-market reformer.
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The proper tankie line is that the problem with Beria is he was a neo-liberal sell-out.
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Beria was apparently Trumpian in his ideological flexibility and was willing to reintroduce free markets to the Soviet Union
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That's exactly the argument. This relative was also a Trump supporter.
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Heh, figures, found him the most sympathetic character in the movie until the end reveal.
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The end reveal? He kidnapped and raped a young girl at the half-way point.
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