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      I haven’t seen anyone “demand a hierarchy where your betters are unquestionable and those below you are subservient,” not even close.

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          I’ve seen AnCaps defend Batista, lol. Even “defenders” of Stalin tend to agree that a lot of what he did was terrible, but will point out that even the CIA said he wasn’t a dictator.

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            Oh, well if the CIA said his decades of brutal autocratic power don’t count, I guess that doesn’t what the fuck are you talking about of course he was a textbook dictator.

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              He wasn’t autocratic, nor did everything he want to happen, happen. Much of the ongoing, day to day decisions were made by Worker Councils.

              The CIA literally stated that the notion that he was a dictator were exaggerated, in an internal memo. “Comments on the change in Soviet leadership.”

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                    Amazing how he could do all that while apparently being a totally normal non-autocratic political figure, clearly beholden to democratic workers’ councils below him. Thirty years of unchallenged power (violently suppressing any internal opposition!) and that’s not at all the same thing as dictatorial power over a nation-state.

                    Do you think hair-splitting is what barbers do?