Stalin's Facebook Group
Here's a Facebook Group that one might hope is being ironic (albeit it in a very twisted way) - yup, here you can become a fan of Stalin.
It is difficult to tell, though, whether this group is actually meant to be a postmodern joke (and a joke in very bad taste) rather than genuine. However, a couple of Marxist associates have joined the group so if it is a joke, they don't seem to be getting it.
But it is worth emphasising just how offensive this group is. Imagine the outcry if there was a group where you could become a fan of Hitler. Well, Stalin was just as bad as Hitler. The fact is that Stalin was a brutal, mass-murdering anti-semite - just like Hitler. Stalinism was a hideous, dehumaninsing totalitarian regime - just like Nazism.
Stalin was a monster. He was one of the twentieth century's most nightmarish figures. He certainly isn't the best punchline to an ironic group, and there is no way in which anyone with even an iota of intelligence should want to become a fan of him.
Labels: Facebook. WTF?, Stalin, Witless Morons
posted by The Nameless Libertarian @ 10:53 am
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2 Comments:
In fact, there are still many fans of Stalin in Russia, in CIS countires and all over the world.
They say he managed to drug Russia from a great crisis. And all that stuff.
Yeah, I've seen some of those polls that show the popularity of Stalin in the CIS. Lenin always scores highly as well. I think part of it is that, compared to the likes of Yeltsin, Chernenko and Brezhnev, Stalin is quite impressive. At least in terms of achievement. However, it's a pretty shortsighted view - Stalin's achievements were all built on a campaign of brutal mass murder and suppression. It is easier to make a country great or save it from a crisis when you kill anyone and everyone who stands in your way.
And any Western Marxists who venerate Stalin are, quite frankly, wankers.
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