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Originally Posted by O71394658
I can't involve myself in the Stalin argument, considering I don't really know that much about it. We'll have to wait for someone with more knowledge on the subject, I suppose...
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Okay, but it doesn't have to be solely about Stalin. Take your pick of reactionaries throughout the years....
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but I don't look at his institutional resisitance to change so much as the left-wing politics that he didn't want to change.
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But this, in essence, is conservative. Censorship was rampant, dissent wasn't tolerated, political competition was prevented, as was market competition. That doesn't mean the act of censorship is a conservative Republican trait, what it means is that these are the conservative methods Stalin used to secure power.
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Folks like Vince have said that if you're under 30 and a conservative you have no heart, but if you're over 30 and a Liberal you have no brain (or something like that).
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Actually Winston Churchill said that...so maybe Vince stole it? :/
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Yeah, I had assumed that Vince didn't make it up, as I have heard it before. I was implying in the literal sense he has re-stated it on this board.